Attic Black-Figure Volute Krater Fragment

Fragment of the mouth and neck preserved, with a sphinx, an eye, a seated man, and a chariot. On the left, adjacent to the handle zone, the fragment shows a sphinx seated to the left. The eye, to right of the sphinx, has a glazed pupil, then white ring, glazed ring, and glazed sclera of the eye; white contour of socket and tear duct, and a glazed eyebrow above. Next to the eye, a man in a himation is seated to right on a block. He holds a staff in his left hand. In front of him, a quadriga to right (most of the foreparts of the horses missing).The charioteer, dressed in a sleeveless long chiton, holds the reins and a goad.

Flaring lip, reserved on the topside, with a red line on the outer edge. Inside of neck glazed, with a red line at the top and another at a depth of 6.8 cm. Side of lip reserved, with leftward key between two glaze lines. Upper section of neck offset and reserved, with figured decoration between two glaze lines. Lower section of neck offset and glazed.

After Clark, A., CVA Malibu 1 (1988).