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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED EYE-CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF MUNICH 2050, CIRCA 520-510 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED EYE-CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF MUNICH 2050, CIRCA 520-510 B.C.
Each side with Dionysos, a goddess or maenad, and Hermes standing between large eyes, the trio side-by-side and overlapping, each in profile to the right with Dionysos nearest, clad in a striped himation over a chiton, a fillet of leaves in his hair, holding his kantharos in his left hand (on one side), the female figure with a fillet of leaves in her hair (on one side), Hermes wearing a petasos and winged boots, vines in the field; vines and grapes around the handles, rays above the foot, black alternating with outlined, a gorgoneion in the tondo, details in added red and white
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) diameter excluding handles
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF MUNICH 2050, CIRCA 520-510 B.C.
Each side with Dionysos, a goddess or maenad, and Hermes standing between large eyes, the trio side-by-side and overlapping, each in profile to the right with Dionysos nearest, clad in a striped himation over a chiton, a fillet of leaves in his hair, holding his kantharos in his left hand (on one side), the female figure with a fillet of leaves in her hair (on one side), Hermes wearing a petasos and winged boots, vines in the field; vines and grapes around the handles, rays above the foot, black alternating with outlined, a gorgoneion in the tondo, details in added red and white
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) diameter excluding handles
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 June 1962, lot 148.
with Spink & Son, London.
Japanese Private Collection.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 8 June 2001, lot 146.
London Art Market.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 June 2004, lot 10.
with Spink & Son, London.
Japanese Private Collection.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 8 June 2001, lot 146.
London Art Market.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 June 2004, lot 10.
Literature
J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, p. 95, no. 9bis and p. 97, no. 6.