Unknown Greek
Wedding Vessel, Lebes Gamikos, with Winged Sphinxes

CultureGreek (Attic)
Titles
  • Wedding Vessel, Lebes Gamikos, with Winged Sphinxes
Date560–550 BC
MediumTerracotta with slip
Dimensions15 × 15 (diameter) in.

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number34.129
Not on view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1934; given to MFAH, 1934.
Exhibition History"The Horse in Art," MFAH, Jan. 31–Mar 8, 1970.

"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

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