GREECE, ATTIC BLACK FIGURE SIANA CUP

GREECE, ATTIC BLACK FIGURE SIANA CUP

Band cup shape, body between the black handles decorated with central band of opposite ivy- wreath with straight stems and stalks, leaves alternating in red and black, broad black band above and below, reserved stripe inside of lip, inside completely black; tongue-band on  lower part of body, alternating in red and black, within pairs of red lines; black stem and foot, underside reserved with circular line in black

Ex priv. coll. W.J.de K., Neth. acq. 1993;  Sotheby’s London cat. 1992.

H. 12,5cm; diam. 22,5 cm, with handles 30 cm. Repaired and restored in places.

Taras Painter, Band-and-Ivy Group, 545-540 BC

 

Publ. Babesch 68, 1993, p.129ff, fig.1. 7a-b; CVA Amsterdam 2, 1996, pp. 11-12 fig. 5, pls. 71, 72, 1-2; on loan APM B 13025