Attic Black-figure Little-Master Band Cup

Culture: Greek/attic

Period: 550-525 B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 28.1 cm in diameter (including handles); 13.3 cm high

Price: 16 000 Euro

Ref: 2651

Provenance: With Charles Ede in London in 1993. There published in the catalogue "Pottery from Athens XIII, No. 5". Thence in a US private collection. On 16 June 2006 auctioned with Christie's New York, lot 96. Last in a British collection.

Condition: Professionally reattached from several pieces without missing parts.

Description: High-quality black-figure Little-Master band cup from an Attic workshop. The wine cup has two opposite handles with an upwards curved rim. The lip of the cup is concave, which makes drinking easier. The masterly painted image area is between broad black bands. Depicted on both sides in the centre is a grazing stag, which is flanked by two swans with raised wings. In between a column of dots. On the sides of the handles palmettes are painted, which sprout from volutes and fade to a long loop at the bottom. Fine details of painting are applied in red. The band cup stands on a high foot ring, whose upper rim elegantly curves upwards. On the inside in the tondo a dotted circle.