Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
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
attributed to the Griffin-bird Painter, circa 570-540 B.C.
painted on each side with linked addorsed lotus blossoms and palmettes flanked by confronted galloping 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, July 13th, 1970, no. 117, illus.
Sotheby & Co., London, July 12th, 1971, no. 123, illus.
Christie’s, London, March 16th, 1977, no. 208, illus.
New York private collection (Sotheby’s, New York, June 20th, 1990, no. 9, illus.)
Manhattan private collection (Christie’s, New York, October 31st, 2018, no. 30, illus.)
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 (http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/FD98477E-A360-4903-8148-684C4EB21F3C)