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Attic Red-Figure Plate Fragment

Red-figure Epiktetos · about 510 B.C.

Footed plate fragment. The underside of the foot is reserved and the underside of the plate has black gloss with two thin concentric rings in relief. The interior has a reserved tondo border. Preserved are the hind parts, wing, and tail of a sphinx with two human legs wrapped around the waist. In the field around the sphinx's tail and under the wing is part of an inscription in added red: EPIKT...

Technique

Red-figure

Date

about 510 B.C.

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Painter

Epiktetos

Attribution

Attributed

Dimensions

H: 9.10 cm