Author Maikop culture artisans
Date of creation 3700 BCE - 3000 BCE
Maikop Vessel
A silver vessel engraved with a naturalistic landscape — mountains, rivers, and animals including lions and panthers — widely interpreted as a depiction of the North Caucasus region as seen from the north. Found in the Maikop kurgan, Adygeya Republic (former Kuban region), Russia. Height 9.6 cm.
Reproduced with permission, courtesy of the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.