O21.12 SIREN

Museum Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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Catalogue No. | New York 1989.11.12 |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Paestan Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to the Asteas Workshop |
Date | Late C4th B.C. |
Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
The Siren has the head, arms and torso of a woman joined at the waist to the body of a bird. She wears a stephane crown and holds a wreath in one hand and a platter of fruit in the other. Her feather pattern resembles that of a starling.