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Wine Cup (Skyphos) with Owl

Wine Cup (Skyphos) with Owl

Unknown

Both sides of this drinking cup show an owl standing with body facing left and head facing front. The owl is the special animal associated with the goddess Athena and thus a symbol for her city, Athens.
Artist
Unknown (Greek, Attic)
Title
Wine Cup (Skyphos) with Owl
Date
ca. 450 B.C.E.
Medium
Earthenware with red-figure decoration
Dimensions
3 x 5 7/8 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Frank
Accession No.
1981.131
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Greece

Related

According to Arthur J. Frank, "came from Switzerland through Hesperia Art" (likely per Hesperia); Hesperia Art (Philadelphia, PA); October 1963, sold by Hesperia Art (Philadelphia, PA) to Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Milwaukee, WI); 1972, lent by Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Milwaukee, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center; 2 December 1981, gifted Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Hartland, WI) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 27 January 2022]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 64, no. 43

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