Close Looking: Stag Rhyton

#AntiqueMasterpieces"How can we connect with the distant past? Antiquities Conservator Jessie Arista believes one way is to examine an object like this silver drinking vessel. The animal part is in the shape of a male deer, or stag, a subject so carefully observed that the muscles on its legs and the veins on its snout seem convincing. How this well-preserved object appears today is close to how it did over 2,0000 years ago, providing a direct connection to its time and the artist who created it.