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Pitcher (olpe) with siren
Greek
Archaic Period
about 590–580 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 25.5cm (10 1/16in.); diameter: 19.5cm (7 11/16in.); height (to top of handle): 30.5cm (12in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8051
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 555.
DescriptionA siren faces right with her wings outstretched. She wears a diadem. Feathers and other details are added in purple and white.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased for MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901