AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED BAND-CUP

Lot 30
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ID 1472662
Lot 30 | AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED BAND-CUP
Estimate value
$ 12 000 – 18 000
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED BAND-CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF LOUVRE F 54, CIRCA 555-550 B.C.
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) diameter, excluding handles




Provenance

Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001), Zurich, acquired by 1981; thence by descent.
A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, Christie’s, London, 26-27 October 2004, lot 35.



Literature

A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, pp. 120-121, no. 101, pl. IX.
U. Avida, ed., Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Jerusalem, 1986, no. 6.
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, tab. 2 (with incorrect Christie’s lot number provided).
P. Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups, vol. 1, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 89-95, no. 123, pp. 246-248, fig. 127; vol. 2, pls. 40A-B.
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 29513.



Exhibited

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, 21 October-29 November 1981.
Jerusalem, Archaeological Museum, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, 1986-1987.
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