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M16.2 GRIFFIN & ARIMASPIAN (GRYPOMACHY)

Griffin & Arimaspian | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London 1931.1-13.1
Beazley Archive No. 218269
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Krater, Calyx
Painter Attributed to London Griffin-Calyx Painter
Date -
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

An Arimaspian warrior battles an eagle-headed, lion-bodied Griffin. The warrior wears a Scythian body-suit and is equipped with a Scythian crescent shield.

ARTICLES

Griffins, Arimaspians