AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP-CUP
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES BRICKBAUER, BALTIMORE
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP-CUP

GROUP OF PAINTER OF MUNICH 9407, CIRCA 550 B.C.

Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP-CUP
GROUP OF PAINTER OF MUNICH 9407, CIRCA 550 B.C.
The tondo with a cock facing right between two lotus buds, enclosed by alternating red and black tongues, each side of the exterior inscribed CHAIRE KAI PRIOME, a variation of "be merry and drink!," palmettes flanking the handles; details in added red and white
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13-14 December 1982, lot 217.
with Harmer Rooke Galleries, New York, 1992.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1992.
Literature
R. Wachter, "Drinking Inscriptions on Attic Little-Master Cups: A Catalogue," (AVI 3), Kadmos 42, 2003, p. 169, no. 127, pl. 189.
P. Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups, Amsterdam, 2011, p. 22, n. 146.
Beazley Archive Database no. 7337.
Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions Database no. 4793.

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