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Source Description
A siren, a mythological woman-headed bird, stands at the center of the figural band on either side of this cup, her wings spread and head turned to the left. Flanking her are a pair of grazing stags, with a panther on either side facing inward. Inside, the cup is sparsely decorated, its reserved tondo holding a dot within concentric circles.
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Document identity
localId
156773
label
Black-Figure Band Skyphos (Drinking Cup): Sirens, Stags, and Panthers
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1
Source metadata
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156773
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object
title
Black-Figure Band Skyphos (Drinking Cup): Sirens, Stags, and Panthers
description
A siren, a mythological woman-headed bird, stands at the center of the figural band on either side of this cup, her wings spread and head turned to the left. Flanking her are a pair of grazing stags, with a panther on either side facing inward. Inside, the cup is sparsely decorated, its reserved tondo holding a dot within concentric circles.
date
c. 540 BCE
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60750219
creators
379298
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Overall: 13.1 x 29.9 cm (5 3/16 x 11 3/4 in.); Diameter of foot: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)
accession
1992.368
Source extras
tec
ceramic
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Black-Figure Band Skyphos (Drinking Cup): Sirens, Stags, and Panthers, c. 540 BCE. Attributed to Group of Rhodes 11941 (Greek, Attic). Ceramic; diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); overall: 13.1 x 29.9 cm (5 3/16 x 11 3/4 in.); diameter of foot: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Maud Eells Corning, 1992.368
collection
GR - Greek
formerAccessionNumbers
153.1980
didYouKnow
Three of four stags on this cup each appear to have just one ear.
citations
citation
Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
page_number
BAPD 340424
citation
Beazley, J. D., J. D. Beazley, and J. D. Beazley. <em>Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters and to Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters</em> (Second Edition). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971.
page_number
p. 89, No. 20, 113
citation
“1993 Annual Report.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 158
citation
Neils, Jenifer, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, OH]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page_number
p. 32, pl. 69.1-2
creditline
Bequest of Maud Eells Corning
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2026-05-29 08:08:56.109000
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156773
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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ceramic
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gender unknown
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0
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