Black-Figure Band Cup: Stags and Panthers

Description

The two sides of this drinking cup are nearly identical, each with a reserved band holding a grazing stag between two panthers. A single palmette appears on either side of each handle, while a reserved circle inside the bowl holds a dot within concentric circles.

Provenance

Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?-1993); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1993-)

Black-Figure Band Cup: Stags and Panthers

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c. 540 BCE

Accession Number

1993.111

Medium

ceramic

Dimensions

Diameter: 20.3 cm (8 in.); Overall: 13.7 x 26.5 cm (5 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.); Diameter of foot: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee