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The decoration combines birds, fish, horses, and a wolf in an exuberantly dynamic composition. Of particular note is the large cauldron; the two birds' heads are the artist's interpretation of the griffin attachments that typically decorated bronze vessels. Compare the splendid bronze griffin head (1972.118.54).
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Title: Terracotta conical lekythos (vase for oil)
Period: Early Protocorinthian
Date: ca. 700 BCE
Culture: Greek, Corinthian
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
diameter 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession Number: 23.160.18
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