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Attic black-figure Tyrrhenian neck amphora by the Pointed-Nose Painter Attic black-figure Tyrrhenian neck amphora by the Pointed-Nose Painter
ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE TYRRHENIAN NECK AMPHORA BY THE POINTED-NOSE PAINTER

With three seated sphinxes, the two at right confronted.
Rev: seated sphinx flanked by standing felines.
Pub: Munzen und Medaillen, Basel, 1983, no. 19, pl. 7.
Cf similar example in Leiden (CVA Leiden, I, pl. 3, PC 53).

Ex New York private collection, acquired in the 1970s.

Ca. 560-550 BC

H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm.)

1,000 Years of Ancient Greek Vases II, no. 32
Art of the Ancient World, 2004, no. 89
LP0802
$22,500


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