CIRCA 540-530 B.C.

Details

AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED BAND-CUP
CIRCA 540-530 B.C.
Each side centered by a winged female running to the right and looking back, flanked by two standing draped males and two panthers, all facing in, the panthers' heads turned out, a dot rosette above three of the panthers; a reserved band below, palmettes on either side of the handles, the reserved tondo with two concentric rings; details in added red and white
11 7/16 in. (29 cm.) wide

Provenance

with Galleria Serodine, Ascona, 1971.
with Ulla Lindner, Munich.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 9 December 2008, lot 80.
with Walter M. Banko, Montreal, 2011.

Literature

P. Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups, Alkmaar, 2011, p. 138, fn. 817.

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Lot Essay

According to Heesen (op. cit., p. 138), there are two other cups by the same painter and most likely the same potter, now in the Archaeological Museum of Taranto (nos. 6917 and 6921), with similar panthers around a central motif. For a similar running winged female on a cup attributed to the Amasis Painter see no. 217 in Heesen, op. cit.

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