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Wine Cup (Siana Cup) with a Panther, Sirens, and Griffins

Wine Cup (Siana Cup) with a Panther, Sirens, and Griffins

The Griffin-Bird Painter

On the outside, one side shows three sirens and one griffin-bird; the other shows two sirens and two griffin-birds, all mythical creatures. Inside a stylized panther faces to the right with head turned forward.
Artist
The Griffin-Bird Painter
(Greek, Attic, active ca. 575-ca. 555 B.C.E.)
Title
Wine Cup (Siana Cup) with a Panther, Sirens, and Griffins
Date
ca. 545-510 B.C.E.
Medium
Earthenware with black-figure decoration
Dimensions
4 3/8 H x 10 diam. in. overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Frank
Accession No.
1985.96
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Greece

Related

November 1978, sold by Jacques Schulman B.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands) to Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Hartland, WI); 8 December 1978, deposited on long-term loan at the Elvehjem Museum of Art by Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Hartland, WI); 1985, gifted by Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Hartland, WI) to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 27 January 2022]

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  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 45, no. 26
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. "The Classical World: Aegean Art." Art History Image Search, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Online. Mar 7, 2003. <http://facstaff.uww.edu/henigec/imagesearch/index.htm>;
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1989-1991." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1991. p. 7, no. 3
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  • Classical Art Research Centre. University of Oxford. "Beazley Archive Pottery Database.": https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/15C4DFC7-A331-40D0-A229-45EA534D7F1D. no. 9023317

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