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Large Attic Black-Figure Siana Cup: Taras Painter browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Ancient World:Greek:Pottery: Pre AD 1000: item # 943529
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| This attractive large piece is a scarce Greek Attic Siana cup that dates circa 550-540 B.C. This piece is approximately 5.25 inches high, by 10 inches in diameter at the rim, and by 13 inches width across the handles. This piece has also been attributed to the Taras Painter, and a near identical example of the same size and condition was offered by Sotheby's Antiquities, London, July 1994, no. 297. (L2,500.00-L3,000.00 estimates, L2,530.00 realized.) The piece offered here has been repaired from about 6 large fragments and is 100% original, with no apparent fill in sections. This piece and the piece noted above, both have a double frieze of ivy leaves between the handles, and an alternating black and red tongue pattern band on the outer base of the cup. This piece has a small area of glaze roughness on the inside lip and on the outer lip, and both of these areas are on the same side of the vessel, which is an indication of a burial pattern. There is no overpaint on this piece and it is in its natural "as found" condition. Siana cups are scarce, and are named after several examples that were found at Siana on the island of Rhodes. The shape was first developed by Attic potters, and were planned for a balance of light and dark, and this type of decoration was influenced by the archaic ceramics produced at Corinth. The one distinct feature that this type of vessel has, is the elegant curved base-stem that reaches up in support of the large bowl. For this type of vessel see "Attic Black-Figured Pottery" by Robert Folsom, Noyes Classical Studies Pub., New Jersey, 1975, and "Simply Decorated: Black Siana Cups by the Taras Painter and Cassel Cups", by H.A.G. Brijder, Bulletin Antieke Beschaving, vol. 68, 1993, pp. 129-145. Ex: Private New York collection. Ex: Private German collection. (Additional documentation is available to the purchaser). I certify that this piece is authentic as to date, culture, and condition: | |||||||||||
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