AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED SIANA CUP

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09.04.2024 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 1175186
Lot 1 | AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED SIANA CUP
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED SIANA CUP

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.
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