A Corinthian pottery alabastron, decorated with the figure of a winged siren, rosettes in the field, rays around neck and rim, circa 625-600 B.C.; another similar, with two friezes of animals painted in dark brown slip without incision, comprising sphinxes and lions, 600-575 B.C. -- 3½in. (9cm.) and 3in. (7.6cm.) high respectively; and a Boeotian figure of a seated monkey, traces of linear decoration, repaired -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, mid-6th Century B.C. (3)
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A Corinthian pottery alabastron, decorated with the figure of a winged siren, rosettes in the field, rays around neck and rim, circa 625-600 B.C.; another similar, with two friezes of animals painted in dark brown slip without incision, comprising sphinxes and lions, 600-575 B.C. -- 3½in. (9cm.) and 3in. (7.6cm.) high respectively; and a Boeotian figure of a seated monkey, traces of linear decoration, repaired -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, mid-6th Century B.C. (3)
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