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A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED TREFOIL OINOCHOE AND LID
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ELVEHJEM PAINTER, CIRCA 570 B.C.
The body with an animal frieze, including a panther, a stag, a lion and a Siren facing right, a lion, a stag, a panther and a stag facing left, rosettes and dots in the field, the shoulders with an animal frieze, the center with two stags facing each other, their heads lowered, flanked by panthers facing left, a bird to the far right, rosettes and dots in the field; a net pattern in between, rays above the broad base; the fitted lid with a cylindrical knob handle at the central depression
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) high