On view
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Askos (oil container) depicting sirens,
ca. 460–450 BCE
Greek, Attic
Classical Period, ca. 480–323 BCE
y916
Information
Title
Askos (oil container) depicting sirens
Dates
ca. 460–450 BCE
Medium
Red-figure ceramic
Dimensions
7.0 x 9.9 x 8.4 cm (2 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 3 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Trumbull-Prime Fund
Object Number
y916
Place Made
Europe, Greece, Athens
Culture
Period
Materials
Subject
Purchased from the Alphonse Kann Sale, January 1927, with the Trumbull-Prime Fund.
- The Alphonse Kann collection, sold by his order, (New York: American Art Association, 1927)., no. 100
- Peter E. Corbett, "Attic pottery of the later fifth century from the Athenian Agora", Hesperia 18, no. 4 (Oct.–Dec., 1949): p. 298-351., p. 317, no. 19
- Eva Hofstetter, Siren im archaischen und klassicschen Griechenland, (Wurzburg: Triltsch, 1990)., p. 122, no. A176
- Diana Buitron-Oliver, The Odyssey and Ancient Art: An Epic in Word and Image, (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Blum Art Institue, Bard College, 1992)., no. 43, p. 132; p. 121 (illus.)
