ID 1175186
Lot 1 | AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED SIANA CUP
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 20 000
ATTRIBUTED TO THE C PAINTER, CIRCA 570-560 B.C.
9 ¾ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
Provenance
Reportedly from Taranto.
Antiquities, Christie's, Geneva, 5 May 1979, lot 47.
Dr. Manfred Zimmermann (1935-2011), Bremen, Germany, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
H.A.G. Brijder, Siana Cups I and Komast Cups, Amsterdam, 1983, p. 240, no. 49, pl. 14C-F.
W. Hornbostel, Aus der Glanzzeit Athens: Meisterwerke griechischer Vasenkunst in Privatbesitz, Hamburg, 1986, p. 38, no. 2.
M. Steinhart, Töpferkunst und Meisterzeichnung: Attische Wein- und Ölgefässe aus der Sammlung Zimmermann, Mainz, 1996, pp. 24-28, no. 1, pl. 1.
C. Ellinghaus, Aristokratische Leitbilder, Demokratische Leitbilder, Kampfdarstellungen auf athenischen Vasen in archaischer und frühklassischer Zeit, Münster, 1997, fig. 2A.
F. Hildebrandt, Antike Bilderwelten: Was griechische Vasen erzählen, Darmstadt, 2017, pp. 24-25, 83-84, figs. 16, 81-82; p. 146, no. 27.
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 832.
Exhibited
Hamburg, BATIG Foyer Esplanade; Kiel, Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein Girozentrale; Bremen, Übersee-Museum, Aus der Glanzzeit Athens: Meisterwerke griechischer Vasenkunst in Privatbesitz, 29 May 1986-18 January 1987.
Bremen, Antikenmuseum im Schnoor, 2005-2018.
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 2018-2023.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Vases and vessels |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Vases and vessels |
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