3-047-536 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Attic Red-Figure Pelike, Kerch Style, about 380 BC. Additional Info:A: Grypomachy. On the left, a griffin to right attacks an Arimasp. The warrior stands on a rock, right hand raised and holding a pair of spears. From the far left, another Arimasp runs to help his comrade. He carries a pelta (device: snake) and a spear. On the right, before a flowering tree, another griffin attacks a third Arimasp, who tries to defend himself with an axe in his right hand. Each Arimasp wears an alopekis; a one-piece sleeved undergarment and leggings (with serrated stripes alternating with rows of dots); a sleeveless, belted tunic; and shoes. The Griffins have white bodies, spines along the back of the neck, and a row of white dots along the upper edge of each wing. B: Mantle figures. Three himation-clad youths with thick white fillets in their hair. The two on the left face right, the third faces left. The pelike has a flaring mouth with an overhanging lip. The handles are ridged and the foot takes the form of a spreading disk. On the side of the lip, and above and below the figural scenes, an egg pattern with dots in the interstices (for the band at the neck on side A, these dots are replaced by vertical lines). Under each handle, vertical addorsed palmettes with tendrils, dotted triangular hearts, and dotted triangles at the tip of the central frond. The lower edge and underside of the foot are reserved.