M16.4 GRIFFIN & ARIMASPIAN (GRYPOMACHY)
Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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Catalogue No. | Boston 01.8092 |
Beazley Archive No. | - |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to the Jena Painter |
Date | C4th B.C. |
Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
A mounted Arimaspian warrior battles a half-lion, half-eagle Griffin. The tribesman wears a full Scythian body-suit and brandishes an axe.