IN THE MANNER OF THE PAINTER OF AGORA 1241, CIRCA 530 B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED BAND-CUP
IN THE MANNER OF THE PAINTER OF AGORA 1241, CIRCA 530 B.C.
Each side with a Dionysiac frieze of alternating dancing satyrs and maenads, scrolling palmettes on either side of the handles, the reserved tondo with dotted circle, details in added white
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam.

Provenance

with Kricheldorf, Stuttgart.
Dr. Wilhelm Hartwig, Germany, acquired from the above in the 1970s; and thence by descent.
with Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, from whom acquired by the current owner in 1992.

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Lot Essay

For the painter, see J.D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase Painters, Oxford, 1956, p. 191, Para., 1971, p. 79, and H.A.G. Brijder (ed.), Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: The Netherlands. Allard Pierson Museum, University of Amsterdam: Attic Black-Figure Drinking Cups, Amsterdam, 1996, p. 75, figs 36-39, pls 106-109, 110.1-3.

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