Sirin

The sculpture is made of elk horn inlaid with cubic Zirconia. The halo is made of mother of pearl.
Sirin is in the collection "Slavic mythology" in the gallery L7.

Sirin (Sirin, Σειρῆνες) — in ancient Russian art and legends, a bird of Paradise with the head of a virgin. It is believed that Sirin is a Slavic image of the Greek sirens. It is often depicted together with another bird of Paradise, Alkonost, but the head of Sirin is sometimes uncovered, and around it is a halo.

Carved sculpture of Alkonost in our collection: www.livemaster.ru/item/39492240-dlya-doma-i-interera-alkonost-skulptura-vyrezannaya-iz-kosti

Sirin owes its origin to the literary tradition of the middle ages. The most ancient image Sirina back to the X century and survived on clay plates, earrings and temporal rings (Kiev, Korsun). In medieval Russian legends Sirin is bird of Paradise, which sometimes arrives on earth and sings a prophetic song about the coming bliss.