Caption

Lekythos with a sphinx, unknown Attic workshop. A small Attic red-figure lekythos with a vise. The neck is narrow; the belly is round, mounted on a round foot. The central part of the front belly is decorated with an image of a sphinx; the back of the vessel has worn finials. 1st half of the 4th century BC, Attica. Vessel; height 9.4 cm, diameter 6 cm., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow neck and flared rim, showing a painted figurative scene; the surface is primarily black with exposed areas of natural clay brown where paint has worn or been reserved, and there are scattered lighter tan spots. The body features a stylized animal figure with wings and a tail, rendered in brown against the black ground, with linear hatch marks and dotted patterns on the figure. The neck and rim are mostly black with some brown losses, and the base shows a brown ring along the foot where glaze is missing. Overall the colors visible are black, brown, tan, and lighter beige areas from wear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_213

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.2Mb (522.8Kb) / 10.7in x 15.0in / 3200 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lekythos sphinx unknown Attic workshop small Attic red-figure lekythos vise neck narrow belly round mounted round foot central part front belly decorated image back vessel worn finials 1st half 4th century BC Attica Vessel height 9.4 cm diameter 6 cm rounded ceramic vessel narrow neck flared rim showing painted figurative scene surface primarily black exposed areas natural clay brown paint worn reserved scattered lighter tan spots body features stylized animal figure wings tail rendered brown black ground linear hatch marks dotted patterns figure rim mostly black brown losses base brown ring foot glaze missing colors visible black tan lighter beige areas wear.