Middle years of EC. Wall fragment. An animal frieze below a wide band of black glaze. The head of a panther to left, facing forward, appears opposite the muzzle of a doe (?) facing right. A carelessly incised rosette is placed between the animals. The feline has bear-shaped ears. His almond-shaped eyes are sharply slanted, with circular pupils. The incision used for the forehead and nose area of the panther resembles a Y. Two curves separate the muzzle from the cheeks, and two vertical dashes appear in the whisker area. The muzzle of the doe (?) is separated from the upper nose by two parallel reverse curves; the nostril is represented by a circle and the mouth by a single line. There is added red on the forehead, nose, and neck of the panther. Glaze: exterior, black and glossy, somewhat crackled; interior, chocolate brown, glossy, streaky, chipped and worn. Clay: fine, smooth, and hard, with faceted breaks. Interior beige with a pale pink hue. Exterior creamy and worn. Munsell nos.: interior, 10 YR 7/4 (very pale brown); exterior, 7.5 YR 6/6 (light brown).

The facial type used for the panther can be traced from TR to the early years of MC. A panther similar to the Sardis example appears on an EC oinochoe in Leipzig. The similarities and peculiarities of the incision, especially in the forehead and eye areas, suggest that these two pieces were at least produced in the same workshop, if not by the same hand. D. A. Amyx (private correspondence, 29 January 1986) suggests, "tradition of the Sphinx Painter, leaning toward the Chimaera Group, but less fancy."