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| Keywords: Gorgon Painter - Attic Black-Figure Plate with Gorgon's Head and Bands of Animals - Walters 48215.jpg This rare plate was decorated by one of Athens' most important early vase-painters for whom the Gorgon a creature with a frightening grimace and snakes for hair was a favorite subject Mythical beings such as Gorgons sphinxes with a woman's head an eagle's wings and a lion's body and sirens with a woman's head and a bird's body all depicted here were inspired by Eastern models An owl panther goat lion and siren form a lively procession around the rim ca 600 BC Archaic terracotta cm 4 2 32 5 h x diam accession number 48 215 31014 Joseph Brummer Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1927 The Centaur's Smile The Human Animal in Early Greek Art Princeton University Art Museum Princeton 2003-2004 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Gorgoneia in ancient Greek pottery Owls in ancient Greek pottery Lions in ancient Greek pottery Sirens in ancient Greek pottery Sphinxes in ancient Greek pottery Riders in ancient Greek pottery Gorgon Painter Ancient Greek plates Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum 600s BC pottery | ||||
