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Attributed to the Potnia Painter
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.
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Title: Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
Artist:
Attributed to the Potnia Painter
Period: Early Corinthian
Date: ca. 620–590 BCE
Culture: Greek, Corinthian
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions: H. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of L. P. di Cesnola, 1876
Accession Number: 76.12.3
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