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 griffins with crested heads, wings of an eagle and body and tail of a lion, with an arching handle and a wide flaring spout, details in added yellow
6 in. (15.2 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. 8).
Beazley Archive no. 9024864.
Literature
Vasen, 2008, no. 24 and Vases, 2015, p. 81, no. 26.

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