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Small Globular Aryballos: Winged Sphinx by — VisualArtsDB

Small Globular Aryballos: Winged Sphinx

Small Globular Aryballos: Winged Sphinx

-580–-570

Medium: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Genre: Vessel
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Intact. Decoration badly worn. Rosette on top of rim, shoulder, and base, dots on edge of rim and stripes on handle. On body, winged sphinx to right wearing a polos and behind her a goose.