Attic Black-Figure Kassel Cup: Swans

An ancient Attic Greek black-figure Kassel cup painted with pairs of confronting swans on each side, each swan with a long curving neck and outstretched wings, with palmettes on either side of each handle, a band of laurel leaves around the body below, and rays above the foot.

Athens, Attica.

Ca. 530 - 520 BC.

Width: 7 3/4 in. (20 cm).

cf.: P. Heesen, Athenian Little Master Cups, (Basel, 2011), pls. 112-113, for cups by the Tleson Painter with similar small swans.

Formerly in the F.B. collection, Zurich, 1970's.

Inv#: 5495

Guaranteed Authentic

$17,500