Lot Essay
The long-haired warrior to the right may represent a Spartan.
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ATTRIBUTED TO THE MANNER OF THE HEIDELBERG PAINTER, CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED SIANA CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MANNER OF THE HEIDELBERG PAINTER, CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
The tondo with two combating kneeling hoplites, the left wearing a crested helmet, short belted tunic and greaves, the long-haired warrior to the right wearing helmet with high crest, loose-fitting tunic and greaves, their shields and limbs overlapping, encircled by a band of alternating red and black tongues, the exterior with two registers, the upper with a band of ivy leaf interspersed with dotted rosettes, the lower with a band of lotus bud chain, details in added red
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam. excl. handles
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MANNER OF THE HEIDELBERG PAINTER, CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
The tondo with two combating kneeling hoplites, the left wearing a crested helmet, short belted tunic and greaves, the long-haired warrior to the right wearing helmet with high crest, loose-fitting tunic and greaves, their shields and limbs overlapping, encircled by a band of alternating red and black tongues, the exterior with two registers, the upper with a band of ivy leaf interspersed with dotted rosettes, the lower with a band of lotus bud chain, details in added red
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam. excl. handles
Provenance
with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano, Switzerland.
with Galleria Serodine, Ascona, 2011.
with Galleria Serodine, Ascona, 2011.
Literature
PUBLISHED:
H.A.G. Brijder, Simply decorated, black Siana Cups by the Taras Painter and Cassel Cups, BABesch 68, Leuven, 1993, p. 142, fig. 29.
H.A.G. Brijder, Siana Cups III: The Red-Black Painter, Griffin-bird Painter and Siana Cups Resembling Lip-cups, Amsterdam, 2000, p. 731, pl. 256 a-c.
H.A.G. Brijder, Simply decorated, black Siana Cups by the Taras Painter and Cassel Cups, BABesch 68, Leuven, 1993, p. 142, fig. 29.
H.A.G. Brijder, Siana Cups III: The Red-Black Painter, Griffin-bird Painter and Siana Cups Resembling Lip-cups, Amsterdam, 2000, p. 731, pl. 256 a-c.
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