Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Container)
Primary
Unknown Greek-Attic
NationalityGreek-Attic, Europe
Datecirca 425–390 BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm)
Sheet: 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm)
Sheet: 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund and the James R. Dougherty, Jr. Foundation, 1980.43
Rights Statement
Collection AreaAntiquities
Object number1980.43
On View
Not on viewCollection Highlight
The sphinx, a mythical animal with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a bird, stands with one paw over a wreathed altar. A creature with tremendous strength, the sphinx was usually depicted as a guardian figure for tombs.