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Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), attributed to the Kerameikos Group, Greek, Corinthian (MET, 76.12.2)

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Artist
Creator:Potnia Painter
Title
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
Description

Greek, Corinthian; Alabastron; Vases; Winged Artemis holding two swans

As one of her aspects, the goddess Artemis was mistress of animals, potnia theron. In Archaic representations from all parts of Greece, she appears with her hands firmly gripping a pair of lions, deer, or other animals or birds.
Date circa 620–590 B.C.
Medium Terracotta
Dimensions H. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Greek and Roman Art
Accession number
76.12.3
Object history Purchased in Brindisi
Credit line Gift of L. P. di Cesnola, 1876
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/244854

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