Conservator, Angela Chang explores what we can learn from a fragment, which probably comes from an ancient silver drinking vessel called a rhyton. By taking these findings and working with metalsmith Adam Whitney to develop a modern metal reconstruction, Chang transports us back in time and explains the masterful silversmithing involved in the manufacture of this ancient object. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK:   + Crafting Silver Vessels—Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x8H_gGvsfs. + Fragmentary forepart of a deer, perhaps from a rhyton, Iran, Achaemenid, 4th century BCE or later. Silver. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund, 1953.102. https://hvrd.art/o/291227 + Exhibition—Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/animalshapedvessels --- Speaker: Angela Chang, Assistant Director, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture at the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies/Harvard Art Museums. This video is part of our Harvard Art Museums at Home: Art Talks series  in which our team of curators, conservators, fellows, and graduate students will share short, informal videos that offer an up-close look at works from our collections.   © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Video: Angela Chang. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu.