Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
Potnia Painter
ca. 620–590 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Winged Artemis holding two swans As one of her aspects, the goddess Artemis was mistress of animals, potnia theron. In Archaic representations from all parts of Greece, she appears with her hands firmly gripping a pair of lions, deer, or other animals or birds.
- Artist
- Potnia Painter
- Date
- ca. 620–590 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Corinthian
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Gift of L. P. di Cesnola, 1876
