ATTRIBUTED TO THE CENTAUR PAINTER, CIRCA 540 B.C.

Details

AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO THE CENTAUR PAINTER, CIRCA 540 B.C.
Each side with a deer galloping to the right, the details of the fur in added red and white, one side with a doe, the other side with a buck; a black band dividing the handle-zone from the lip, a reserved band below, the tondo with a dotted circle
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high

Provenance

with Harlan J. Berk Ltd, Chicago, 1993.

Literature

A.J. Paul, Exhibition catalogue, A View into Antiquity: Pottery from the Collection of William Suddaby and David Meier, Tampa, 2001, no. 12.

Exhibited

Tampa Museum of Art, A View into Antiquity: Pottery from the Collection of William Suddaby and David Meier, 14 October 2001-13 January 2002.

Lot Essay

According to Boardman (Athenian Black Figure Vases, p. 60), "the Centaur Painter is late, liking equids - horses, centaurs, satyrs, rendered in a lively, nervous style. He regularly does without handle palmettes."

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