A round vessel with three figures on it.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A round vessel with a wide flat spout with a small opening. It is beige, and in black and red there is a central figure with long hair under a headband, who wears long geometric patterned clothing. They stand facing to the right, with one arm bent behind them and the other out of sight except for their hand which reaches up to the mouth of the figure at their right. This figure has long hair, a pointed beard, and the body of a fish. The figure on the left mirrors the one on the right, but his body is only partially visible. The rest of the space is filled with small flowers.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1950.162
People
The Otterlo Painter, Greek
Title
Black-figure Aryballos: Two heraldic bearded sirens with woman
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 600 BCE-575 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291270

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
1950.162
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Vol. 8, Seirenes 61.
  • Dancing in Moderation: An Aryballos at the Sackler, Persephone (Fall 2000), Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 24-27

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025

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