ATTRIBUTED TO THE APHRODITE GROUP CIRCA 525-500 B.C.
Details
AN EAST GREEK TERRACOTTA SIREN VASE
attributed to the aphrodite group
circa 525-500 b.c.
Molded with a bird body with spreading tail, the woman's head turned to the right, her plaited tresses falling to her shoulder, with almond-shaped eyes and high arching brows, her straight nose above a slight curving smile, on two rudder-like feet, a lug on her back, the mouth of the vessel with rim-disk on the top of her head, with traces of red and black pigment
7.7/8 in. (20 cm) long
attributed to the aphrodite group
circa 525-500 b.c.
Molded with a bird body with spreading tail, the woman's head turned to the right, her plaited tresses falling to her shoulder, with almond-shaped eyes and high arching brows, her straight nose above a slight curving smile, on two rudder-like feet, a lug on her back, the mouth of the vessel with rim-disk on the top of her head, with traces of red and black pigment
7.7/8 in. (20 cm) long
Provenance
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen, New York
Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, Sotheby's New York, 25 June 1992, lot 122
Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, Sotheby's New York, 25 June 1992, lot 122
Literature
Buitron, et al., The Odyssey and Ancient Art: An Epic in Word and Image, no. 36.
Exhibited
The Odyssey and Ancient Art: An Epic in Word and Image, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudon, New York, 1992.