| Object Number |
MS2497 |
| Current Location |
On Loan |
| Culture |
Attic | Ancient Greek |
| Provenience |
Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Manufacture Location |
Attica |
| Date Made |
ca. 550-500 BCE |
| Section |
Mediterranean |
| Materials |
Ceramic |
| Technique |
Black Figure |
| Iconography |
Eye | Sphinx | Man | Youth | Oedipus |
| Description |
Cup of type A. Interior: a reserved circle (ca. 0.06 m diameter) with a black dotted circle. Reserved: resting surface and side of foot. Added red on fillet where stem joins body. A: between eyes, a seated sphinx to right (with head turned back left) and a naked youth to right (with head turned back left). B: between eyes, a man to right and a youth to left, both gesturing. Palmette under each handle. Nearly complete, mended from many pieces. |
| Height |
9 cm |
| Outside Diameter |
20.8 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number |
959 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Freeman, Michael, and Frame, Grant, and Ousterhout, Robert G. 2016. Magic in the Ancient World.. Philadelphia. pg. 32 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 28 |
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| [Book] 1991. Gens antiquissima Italiae: Antichità dall'Umbria a New York.. Perugia. Electa/Editori Umbri Associati. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 427 |
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| [Book] Kurtz, Donna C., and Beazley, John D. 1989. Some Attic Vases in the Cyprus Museum.. Oxford. Oxford University Committee for Archaeology. ed. Revised. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 11, a 32 |
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| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Pinney, Gloria F., and Ridgway, Brunilde S. 1979. Aspects of Ancient Greece: an exhibition organized by the Allentown Art Museum with the cooperation of Gloria Ferrari Pinney and Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway ... Allentown Art Museum, September 16 through December 30, 1979.. Allentown. Allentown Art Museum. pg. 1-295 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 48-49, no. 21 |
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| [Book] Beazley, John D. 1948. Some Attic Vases in the Cyprus Museum.. London. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 15, a 32 |
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| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 88, no. 66 |
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