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M18.5 SPHINX

Sphinx | Attic black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa
Catalogue No. Tampa 86.23
Beazley Archive No. 350283
Ware Attic Black Figure
Shape Amphora, Neck
Painter Attributed to the Goltyr Painter
Date ca. 560 - 550 B.C.
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Detail of a decorative Sphinx in a procession of people and beasts.

The Sphinx is depicted as a winged lion with the oversized head of a woman.

ARTICLES

Sphinx