ATTRIBUTED TO THE TLESON PAINTER, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP-CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO THE TLESON PAINTER, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) diameter, excluding handles

Provenance

with N. Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Geneva.
Acquired by the current owner in 1996 or prior.

Literature

D. von Bothmer, "Five Attic Black-Figured Lip Cups," American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 66, 1962, p. 257, n. 39bis.
J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, p. 75.
D. von Bothmer, "Review of Fellmann 1988 and 1989," Gnomon, vol. 64, 1992, p. 275.
R. Wachter, "Drinking Inscriptions on Little Master Cups: A Catalog," Kadmos, vol. 42, 2003, p. 154, no. 53.
P. Heesen, "Drinking Inscriptions on Attic Little Master-Cups: Does Size Matter? A Contribution to the AVI Project," Museum Helveticum, vol. 63, 2006, p. 48, no. W53.
P. Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups, Amsterdam, 2011, p. 199, no. 348; p. 183, n.1123, pl. 99d.
Beazley Archive Database no. 350724.
Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions no. 3799.

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Lot Essay

Each side of the exterior is inscribed with the Greek salutation, reading: “Be happy and drink well,” which is inscribed on several other cups by the Tleson Painter. For another lip-cup by the artist with left-facing sphinxes on both sides, see no. 26 in S. J. Schwarz, Greek Vases in the National Museum of Natural History: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

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