Comparanda: London, BM (formerly Victoria & Albert Museum) 1982 10-5.13: PCIA 2 (1974) 196 Pl. 73. For lack of tile backer, cf. Ashmolean Museum Potnia theron
Remarks: No tile backer = mould patrix? Fairly crisp details. Thick raised band around edges, rounded across top. Above horizontal base, row of moulded strigils. Recessed above this is flat narrow band rising at center into banded volutes with moulded eyes. On top of volutes, forepaws of 2 sphinx bodies, shown in profile in heraldic pose, with shared frontal female head in polos. Tails rise from haunches & curve up & out, ending in down-turned oval end.
Bibliography: Koch 1912, p. 53, Pl. 12.3 (wrongly numbered H.33); Johannowsky 1983, 75, No. 393, Pl. 47.d; Fischer-Hansen 1992, p. 196, No. 148
Publication record: Catalogue. Campania, South Italy and Sicily. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Author: Fischer-Hansen, T.. Place of publication: Copenhagen. Publication Date: 1992 Dachterrakotten aus Campanien. Author: Koch, H.. Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1912 Materiali di età arcaica dalla Campania. Author: Johannowsky, W.. Place of publication: Napoli. Publication Date: 1983
Type of decoration: Double sphinx
Last Recorded Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Height: 25.8
Width: 27.2
Clay: orange-brown
Paint: Light brown surface
Condition: complete
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