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.
(10 1⁄16 in.) 25.5 cm. diam. incl. handles

Provenance

Private collection, Basel, Switzerland, before 1971 (on loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel prior to 1971).
with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg.
Dr. J.L. Theodor Collection, Brussels.
The J.L. Theodor Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1998, lot 82.
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 19881.

Literature

M.F. Jongkees-Vos, ‘The Centaur Painter’, Varia Archeologica, Utrecht, 1971, p. 17, no. 5, fig. 9.
P. Heesen, The J. L. Theodor Collection of Attic Black-Figure Vases, Amsterdam, 1996, pp. 31, 143-145, pl. 34, fig. 96-98.
A.J. Clark, 'Some Practical Aspects of Attic Black-figured Olpai and Oinochoai', in A. Tsingarida (ed.), Shapes and Uses of Greek Vases (7th -4th centuries B.C.), Brussels, 2009, p. 97, table 2.
P. Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups, Amsterdam, 2011, cat. no. 578, pp. 202, 214, 217; nn. 1310, 1377, pl. 151c.

Exhibited

The J.L Theodor Collection, Brussels, Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, 30 November 1996 - March 1997.

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Lot Essay

Centered on the lip on both sides is a maenad dancing to the left, looking towards a dancing satyr holding a garland on each arm in added red slip. The Centaur Painter is known for decorating his cups sparsely, with only a few delicately drawn figures, often involved in lively and amusing pursuits. His preferred themes include hunting scenes featuring men wielding sticks, centaurs brandishing stones, and lively dances performed by satyrs and maenads.

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