Property of a Gentleman
An Attic Black-figured Siana Cup, attributed to the Griffin-bird Painter, circa 570-540 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 6, 03:36 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
An Attic Black-figured Siana Cup
attributꦦed to the Griffin-bird Painter, circa 570-54⛎0 B.C.
painted𝔉 on each side with linked addorsed lotus blossoms and palmettes flanked by confronted g💙alloping figures of Pegasos, a dancing nude bearded man in the tondo, details in added white and red.
Diameter at rim 20 cm.
Sotheby & Co., London, Ju♛ಌly 13th, 1970, no. 117, illus.
Sotheby & Co., London, July 12th, 1971, no. 123, i♍llus.
Christi꧙e’s, London𝐆, March 16th, 1977, no. 208, illus.
New York private collection (Sotheby’s, New York, June 20♑th, 1990, no. 9, illus.)
Manhattan private collection (Christie’s, New York, October 31st, 20ಌ18, no. 30, i🍨llus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Published
Herman A. G. Brijder, Siana Cups III. The Red-black Painter, Griffin-bird Painter and Siana Cups resembling Lip-cups (Allard Pierson Series, 13),🐽 ꧅Amsterdam, 2000, pls. 222E and 223C;
Beazley Archive Pottery Database, no. 3591 ()