Attic Black-Figure Band Cup with Erotic Scene - MACM Collection - MACM Collection

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On either side a nude couple copulate, as from both sides a nude male runs to join them, while at the far left and right a draped male stand.

h. 12.7 x w. 28.3 cm

c. 540-530 BC

Pottery

Provenance

Ex Sybille Kroeber Collection, Berlin, c.1964
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, 7th May 2011

Publications

J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, January 2003, vol. XIV, p. 35, no. 91
J. M. Eisenberg, One Thousand Years of Ancient Greek Vases II, Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, September 2010, p. 28, no. 53

Exhibitions

Little-master Cups. The Art of Miniature in Attic Black-Figure Vases, Brussels Ancient Art Fair 2014, Brussels, Belgium, 4th June 2014 — 4th June 2014
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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