Keywords: Emporion Painter - The Sphinx on a Pedestal - Walters 48238 - Left.jpg The scene on this black-figure lekythos a container for oil depicts an assemblage of four Theban men before the sphinx pondering her riddle The Sphinx sits on a column while two of the men facing her sit on folding stools and two stand upright ca 500 BC terracotta cm 25 8 8 4 accession number 48 238 7886 Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Emporion Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update |