Lot Essay
For a related lip-cup with two warriors, and a reference to two others, see no. 41 in Stanley, A Generation of Antiquities: The Duke Classical Collection 1964-1994.
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CIRCA 550 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP-CUP
CIRCA 550 B.C.
The figured decoration confined to the tondo, with a warrior and an attendant, the warrior walking to the right but looking back, wearing a red tunic with black stripes and a crested Corinthian helmet, holding a shield and a spear, the attendant wrapped in a patterned himation and holding a spear, a pseudo-inscription in the field, the scene framed by alternating tongues of red and black, details in added red
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) diameter
CIRCA 550 B.C.
The figured decoration confined to the tondo, with a warrior and an attendant, the warrior walking to the right but looking back, wearing a red tunic with black stripes and a crested Corinthian helmet, holding a shield and a spear, the attendant wrapped in a patterned himation and holding a spear, a pseudo-inscription in the field, the scene framed by alternating tongues of red and black, details in added red
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) diameter
Provenance
with Pino Donati, Lugano.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1983.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1983.