Terracotta conical lekythos (vase for oil), Early Protocorinthian, ca. 700 B.C., Greek, Corinthian, Terracotta, H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm), Vases, The decoration combines birds, fish, horses, and a wolf in an exuberantly dynamic composition. Of particular note is the large cauldron; the two birds' heads are the artist's interpretation of the griffin attachments that typically decorated bronze vessels
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Terracotta conical lekythos, vase, oil, Early Protocorinthian, ca, 700 B.C, Greek, Corinthian, Terracotta, H, 3 5/8, 9.2 cm, Vases, decoration, combines, birds, fish, horses, wolf, exuberantly dynamic, composition, particular note, large cauldron, two birds, heads, artist, interpretation, griffin attachments, typically decorated, bronze, vessels
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