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Source Description
Locri Epizephyrii (present-day Gerace, Italy), a particularly active bronze-working center, specialized in richly ornamental attachments for vessels and utensils. This vase attachment is in the form of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion, wings of a bird, and head of a woman. She wears a high "polos", or ritual crown.
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Document identity
localId
14212
label
Sphinx Vase Ornament
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obj
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Source metadata
id
14212
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Sphinx Vase Ornament
description
Locri Epizephyrii (present-day Gerace, Italy), a particularly active bronze-working center, specialized in richly ornamental attachments for vessels and utensils. This vase attachment is in the form of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion, wings of a bird, and head of a woman. She wears a high "polos", or ritual crown.
provenance
Lambros Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean P. Lambros and Giovanni Dattari Sale, Paris, June 17-19, 1912, lot 215; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
6th century BC (Archaic)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
vase ornaments
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4
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4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.2
height
7
depth
2.5
dimensionsRaw
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 in. (8.2 x 7 x 2.5 cm)
Source extras
style
Archaic
med
bronze
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6256
collection_ids
GRC
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none
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photo
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photo
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