Fragment of a cup: Typhon (interior); feline; bird with snake in its beak (exterior)
Fragment of a cup: Typhon (interior); feline; bird with snake in its beak (exterior)
Fragment of a cup: Typhon (interior); feline; bird with snake in its beak (exterior)
Fragment of a cup: Typhon (interior); feline; bird with snake in its beak (exterior)

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Fragment of a cup: Typhon (interior); feline; bird with snake in its beak (exterior),

ca. 625–600 BCE

Greek
Early Corinthian, 700–338 BCE
y1986-7

Information

Title
Fragment of a cup: Typhon (interior); feline; bird with snake in its beak (exterior)
Dates

ca. 625–600 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
preserved: maximum 6.0 x 5.2 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer
Object Number
y1986-7
Culture
Greek
Period
Early Corinthian
Type
fragments, ceramics, cups
Materials
glaze, ceramic
Subject
cats, sunbursts, rosettes, figures (representations), mythical or legendary beings, men, mythology, birds, snakes

Possibly in Rome with Ludwig Curtius; purchased from Robert E. Hecht by Dietrich von Bothmer in 1962; given to the Museum in 1986 by Dietrich von Bothmer.

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