Terracotta tripod kothon (vessel for perfumed oil)

Attributed to the Group of the Boeotian Dancers

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 152

On the body are a bearded siren, a sphinx, and a lion. The legs are decorated with two padded dancers, two men with spears, and a running winged figure representing Aristaios, a son of Apollo and the nymph Cyrene, who was well-known in Boeotia. Aristaios was celebrated for his agricultural discoveries and for his gifts to mankind. Here he holds a mattock in his left hand and a small pot in his right. The mattock would have been used to cover the newly sown seeds with soil to protect them from birds; the pot may contain seed.

Terracotta tripod kothon (vessel for perfumed oil), Attributed to the Group of the Boeotian Dancers, Terracotta, Greek, Boeotian

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Terracotta tripod kothon (vessel for perfumed oil), Attributed to the Group of the Boeotian Dancers, Terracotta, Greek, Boeotian
Terracotta tripod kothon (vessel for perfumed oil), Attributed to the Group of the Boeotian Dancers, Terracotta, Greek, Boeotian
Terracotta tripod kothon (vessel for perfumed oil), Attributed to the Group of the Boeotian Dancers, Terracotta, Greek, Boeotian
Terracotta tripod kothon (vessel for perfumed oil), Attributed to the Group of the Boeotian Dancers, Terracotta, Greek, Boeotian

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