Corinthian relief plaque in the form of a sphinx

Classification

relief

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 9.6 cm

Date

ca. 480–470 B.C.

Period

Classical Period (480–323)

Material

clay

Iconography

winged sphinx ; calathus (modius/polos)

Production place

Corinth

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.23

ID

Hyp-3807

Condition

Broken into several pieces, repaired.

References

Oroszlán 1930, 35–36, no. A 32; Szilágyi–Castiglione 1955, pl. VIII, fig. 1; Szilágyi–Castiglione 1957, pl. VIII, fig. 1; Szilágyi, J. Gy. 1975a, fig. 4; Szabó, M., in DossPar 81 (1984), 10, fig. 9; Stilp 2006, 257

Trails

Hybrid mythological creatures

0

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.