Round aryballos (jar for holding oil) depicting a siren, goose, and panther
Round aryballos (jar for holding oil) depicting a siren, goose, and panther
Round aryballos (jar for holding oil) depicting a siren, goose, and panther
Round aryballos (jar for holding oil) depicting a siren, goose, and panther

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Ancient Mediterranean Art

Round aryballos (jar for holding oil) depicting a siren, goose, and panther,

ca. 580–570 BCE

Greek
Corinthian Period, Middle Corinthian Period, ca. 595/90–570 BCE, ca. 625–535 BCE
y351

Information

Title
Round aryballos (jar for holding oil) depicting a siren, goose, and panther
Dates

ca. 580–570 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 14.8 cm, diam. 13.2 cm (5 13/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y351
Place Made

Europe, Greece, Corinth

Culture
Greek
Period
Middle Corinthian
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics, aryballoi
Materials
paint, ceramic
Subject
dots, sunbursts, rosettes, rosettes, herringbone, sirens, lions, incising, birds, panthers, sphinxes

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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