Bronze leg of a basin with a Siren relief

Bronze leg of a basin with a Siren relief

Origin

Dodoni, Ioannina

Period

Mid 8th century BC

Material

Copper

Description

The sirens, winged figures with a woman's head, are an instructive example of the way Greek craftsmen assimilated Eastern borrowings and translated them into their own artistic idiom, transforming into human forms with intensity and vitality.

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