Saturday, January 31, 2015

Archaic Kylix from Cyprus, c. 800 BCE

Up for auction at Artemis, with an estimate of $6,000.

2 comments:

G. Verloren said...

At first I thought this depicted some fat pheasant like bird, but the more I look at it, the more it looks like a slim heron or crane being attacked by a giant leaping fish.

Shadow said...

I laughed when I read G's comment, because it is exactly what I was wondering when I saw it.