M16.1 GRIFFIN
Museum Collection | Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich |
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Catalogue No. | Munich 2605 |
Beazley Archive No. | 200708 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to the Euergides Painter |
Date | ca. 515 - 500 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of one of a pair of decorative Griffins painted below the handles of the vase.
The seated Griffin has the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Its tongue protrudes from its mouth in a screech.