Head and wings of Pegasos

Legs of Pegasos and Peirene fountain

Fragment overview

Collection: Tampa Museum of Art
Summary: Pegasos and Bellerophon
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Date: ca. 360 BC - ca. 350 BC
Dimensions:

H. 0.179 m.
Shape: Bell krater
Period: Late Classical

Decoration Description:

Pegasos flies to right, above a built structure representing Peirene Spring. The figure at left is of Bellerophon holding a tether. The added white of the wings is eroded.

Collection History:

Tampa Museum of Art, Joseph Veach Noble Collection.

Other Bibliography:

Cambitoglou & Trendall 1961, 2.505, no. 89, pl. 131, 4. Oxford, 1983.