Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Object Number: 76.12.3
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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