Lot Essay
Beazley Archive Database no. 6999.
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ATTRIBUTED TO THE CIVICO PAINTER, CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED SIANA CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO THE CIVICO PAINTER, CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
The tondo with a nude youth running to the right and looking back, encircled by a ring of alternating red and black tongues, an ivy leaf below each handle, rays above the foot, details in added white and red; Each side with a goddess standing at the center in profile to the left, her wings outspread, her arms extended to either side, one palm up, one down, clad in a short chiton, flanked by onlookers, two seated on a klismos with swan-head finials, followed by three additional standing, some fully cloaked in ankle-length striped himatia, some with their lower bodies wrapped in short striped chlamydes
9 in. (22.9 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
ATTRIBUTED TO THE CIVICO PAINTER, CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
The tondo with a nude youth running to the right and looking back, encircled by a ring of alternating red and black tongues, an ivy leaf below each handle, rays above the foot, details in added white and red; Each side with a goddess standing at the center in profile to the left, her wings outspread, her arms extended to either side, one palm up, one down, clad in a short chiton, flanked by onlookers, two seated on a klismos with swan-head finials, followed by three additional standing, some fully cloaked in ankle-length striped himatia, some with their lower bodies wrapped in short striped chlamydes
9 in. (22.9 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
Provenance
Private Collection, France, acquired in 1972.
with Galerie Arete, Zurich (Liste 8, 1974, p. 5).
Furniture & Sculptures, Koller Auktionen A143/1, Zurich, 4 December 2007, lot 1001.
with Galerie Arete, Zurich (Liste 8, 1974, p. 5).
Furniture & Sculptures, Koller Auktionen A143/1, Zurich, 4 December 2007, lot 1001.
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