Black-Figure Band Skyphos (Drinking Cup): Sirens, Stags, and Panthers

c. 540 BCE

attributed to Group of Rhodes 11941

(Greek, Attic)
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.)
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Location: 102B Greek

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Three of four stags on this cup each appear to have just one ear.

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.
Black-Figure Band Skyphos (Drinking Cup): Sirens, Stags, and Panthers

Black-Figure Band Skyphos (Drinking Cup): Sirens, Stags, and Panthers

c. 540 BCE

Group of Rhodes 11941

(Greek, Attic)

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