AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED ASKOS
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED ASKOS

CIRCA 380-370 B.C.

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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED ASKOS
CIRCA 380-370 B.C.
Of broad lentoid form, with two recumbent sphinxes with long tails and paws outstretched, their female heads with hair bound in a sakkos with tendrils escaping, with an arching handle and a wide flaring spout
3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) long
Provenance
Private collection, Germany, acquired prior to 1980.
with Galerie am Museum Jürgen Haering, Freiburg.
Prof. H.-H. Heissmeyer collection, Schwäbisch Hall, acquired from the above in 1996 (inv. no. 9).
Beazley Archive no. 9024865.
Literature
Vasen, 2008, no. 25 and Vases, 2015, p. 83, no. 27.

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