AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE SKYPHOS

CIRCA 500 B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE SKYPHOS
CIRCA 500 B.C.
Sides A and B: two seated confronting sphinxes, with palmettes flanking the twin handles, details incised and in added purple and white, interior black glazed, 4.3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high, 8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) across handles; and an Attic black-figure kylix, sides A and B: each with three pairs of satyrs and maenads, bearded draped Dionysos holding a rhyton at side of scene, dotted vine branches in the field, the interior tondo with dancing satyr, details incised, early 5th Century B.C., 3.1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high, 10½ in. (26.4 cm.) across handles, both repaired (2)

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