AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP CUP
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP CUP
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP CUP
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP CUP

CIRCA 550-540 B.C.

Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LIP CUP
CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high; 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) incl. handles
Provenance
Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) collection, Zurich, acquired prior to 1981.
A Peaceable Kingdom, The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals; Christie's, London, 26-27 October 2004, lot 33.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 100.
U. Avida. ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 1986, no. 8.
P. E. Mottahedeh, ed., Out of Noah's Ark, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, 1997, no. 111.
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 29512.

Showing a boar being chased by a hunter running to the left, naked, with a long spear. It has been suggested that this may be attributable to the Centaur Painter.

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