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Vessel lid with sirens and deer
Greek
Archaic Period
about 540–530 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.917
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionCover of a large vase with handle in form of pine cone.
Of the concentric bands of decoration the principal one has four stags, one doe, four sirens and a swan.
Condition: Handle replaced with slight restoration
Other (lid)
Of the concentric bands of decoration the principal one has four stags, one doe, four sirens and a swan.
Condition: Handle replaced with slight restoration
Other (lid)
ProvenanceBy 1897: Count Michel Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 13 (said to have been Eugène Piot sale no. 212); by 1898: with Edward Perry Warren; 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)