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Vase in the form of a siren
Greek
Middle to Late Corinthian Period
about 575 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number65.566
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionIn the form of a Siren. The body is spotted in brown, with brown on the tail, feet and hair which has added red. There is a hole on either side of the neck through the hair for suspension. Hole in top of head.
ProvenanceBy 1965: with Tassos Zoumboulakis, Geneva, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Tassos Zoumboulakis, May 12, 1965