Amphora Oedipus and Sphinx Vase Ancient Greek Pottery Museum Copy

* MADE IN GREECE – HANDMADE – HAND PAINTED *

Dimensions (approximately):

Height : 31 cm (12.2in)

width: 15 cm (5.9in)

Net Weight: 1,4 kgr ( 3 lb)

Material: Clay – Genuine Ceramic

Our vase is
a copy of the  famous red figure amphora (450B.C) known as 
«Oedipus and the Sphinx of Thebes», attributed to the Achilles Painter, which
is exhibited in the museum of fine arts in Boston. 

DESCRIPTION

Side A:
Oedipus ponders the riddle of the Sphinx. The hero wears a traveller’s cloak
and petasos cap, and holds a spear in his hand. The Sphinx has the head of a
woman, the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle. She crouches on a low
plinth.

Side B: Youth in himation, stands
facing left.