Jar (pelike) with Sphinx terrorizing Theban youths
the Class of Cabinet des Medailles 390
about 475 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1971.343
On View
On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963), 254.5
The London Class
about 510–480 B.C.
The Cook Class
The Segment Class
about 530–510 B.C.
Class of Athens 581
early 5th century B.C.
