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.