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San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund.
Cup (skyphos)
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund.
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Cup (skyphos)

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureGreek
Dateca. 750-700 B.C.
MediumFired clay
Dimensionsh. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
w. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
d. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund
Object number2022.1.1
Geography
Place madeGreece
DescriptionDrinking cup with two horizontal handles and dark brown decoration on a beige ground. The rim is decorated with a single dark band above a band of dots, with three further horizontal bands below. Each side of the body is divided into three panels by groups of three vertical lines. On each side, heron-like birds stand in the outer panels, and a running spiral motif enclosed in a circle fills the center panel. The lower part of the body is dark brown.Label TextStylized herons and deer inhabit compartments within the geometric patterns that decorate these two vessels. In addition to serving as tableware, cups and jugs like these were sometimes deposited in human burials as grave goods: similar vessels have been found in the Early Iron Age cemeteries of Athens. (J. Powers, 2022)Provenancecollection of Senator William A. Clark (1839-1925); William A. Clark, by bequest to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1926 (accession number CGA.26.653); by transfer, American University Museum, Washington, DC, 2014; deaccessioned by American University Museum, 2021; sold via Sands of Time Ancient Art, Washington, DC, to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2022Exhibition History"The William A. Clark Collection," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 26-July 16, 1978
Published ReferencesIllustrated Handbook of the W. A. Clark Collection (Washington: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1932), p. 115, no. 2653
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