AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE 'SIANA' CUP, the two-handled vessel with black glazed lower body, stemmed foot and interior with reserved central tondo, the upper body with everted lip decorated with black tendrils and ivy-leaves, the main frieze on either side painted with a cockerel flanked by two panthers, repaired and some restoration, mid-6th Century B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE 'SIANA' CUP, the two-handled vessel with black glazed lower body, stemmed foot and interior with reserved central tondo, the upper body with everted lip decorated with black tendrils and ivy-leaves, the main frieze on either side painted with a cockerel flanked by two panthers, repaired and some restoration, mid-6th Century B.C.
8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) across handles, 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high

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