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Stand

Stand





Artist : Anonymous

Model : Sphinx
Isis

Date : near 520 B.C.

Material : Terra cotta
Acquisition : Purchase (1965)
Item 51 on 77
Greek Antiquities
Object

Vitrine : V04

Area related
Attique (Greece)

Description   

A significant amount of Attic pottery was produced for export. Indigenous Etruscan shapes were reinterpreted in Athenian workshops. This stand probably held floral or vegetal offerings.
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Sphinx
Isis