Wine Cup (Band Cup) with Two Fighting Hoplites and Sphinxes

30 June 1956, sold at Münzen und Medaillen, A.G. (Basel, Switzerland) auction #16, "Classical Antiquities: Sculptures in Marble and Limestone; Greek Bronzes; Terracotta Figurines; Greek Pottery; Etruscan, Roman, and Egyptian Antiquities; including objects formerly in the possession of the late Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York, and of the late Prof. Georges Nicole, Geneva, also from the collection of a distinguished Swiss amateur." (lot #92); 1956-1975, owner(s) undetermined; 14 March 1975, sold at Münzen and Medaillen, A.G. (Basel, Switzerland) auction #51, "Kunstwerke der Antike" (lot #124) to Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc. (Bruce McNall), acting on behalf of Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank; August 1975, placed on long-term loan by Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Milwaukee, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art]; 1981, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 3 September 2021]

• Haldenstein, J. T. "Four Attic Black-figure Cups at the Elvehjem." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1989-1991. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1991): 6-12. p. 8, no. 5
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 44, no. 25
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1989-1991." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1991. p. 9, no. 5

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