GrB032
Classical Greek bronze siren. (Hydria handle appliqu???½).
5th century BC
H. 5.64 cm (2 ???½ in.), W. 7.12 cm (2 ???½ in.)
Missing legs and spiral decoration below the left wing. Extremely fine bluish-green patina.
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The Siren, a mythological creature combining woman and bird, is depicted here with a birds’ body and a woman’s head. She is shown frontal, with her pair of arched wings spread out in symmetrical ornamental composition, framing the head in between their pointed ends, continuing the triangular shaped body, which is pointed downwards.
The head with centrally parted hair with short clocks, tied with a diadem over the forehead. The face with large almond shaped eyes under big arched eyebrows, straight nose and full lips. The thick neck is adorned with a beaded necklace above the chest. S shape spiral ornament below the wings.
The siren is finely modeled in the style of the Early Classical period, with reminiscent of the Archaic style, especially in the modeling of the eyes and the mouth, with the gentle smile, and the ornamental design of the wings.
Cf. Comstock, M., and Vermeule, C. C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1971, p. 247, no. 358.
True, M., and Hamma, K., Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman, 1994, p. 69, no. 24.
Kunze M., Borowski collection, 2007, pp. 174-175, no. C41.
Mitten, D. G., and Doeringer, S. F., Fogg Art Museum, 1967, pp. 108-109, no. 108.
Comstock, M., and Vermeule, C. C., Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Greenwich, Conn. 1971
True, M., and Hamma, K., A Passion for Antiquities. Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman, Exh. cat., The J. Paul Getty Museum in association with Cleveland Museum of Art, California, 1994
Kunze M., Meisterwerke antiken bronzen und metallarbeiten aus der sammlung Borowski, Franz Phillip Rutzen, Germany, 2007
Mitten, D. G., and Doeringer, S. F., editors, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, Exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1967
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