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Fragment of a Red-figure Cup(?): figure to right

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Exterior: figure to right (Herakles?), feline paw to right; interior: decoration of contour lines on reserve clay. Thickness at middle 0.4 cm.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sharrer
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Title: Fragment of a Red-figure Cup(?): figure to right
Description:
Exterior: figure to right (Herakles?), feline paw to right; interior: decoration of contour lines on reserve clay.
Thickness at middle 0.
4 cm.

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