K5.7 APOLLO RIDING GRIFFIN

Museum Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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Catalogue No. | - |
Beazley Archive No. | - |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | - |
Date | ca 380 B.C. |
Period | Late Classical / Early Hellenistic |
DESCRIPTION
Apollo rides sidesaddle upon the back of a Griffin (Gryps)--a winged, eagle-headed lion. The god strums a lyre with one hand and holds a laurel branch in the other.