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Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Black-Figure Band Cup: Stags and Panthers

c. 540 BCE

Greece

ceramic
Diameter: 20.3 cm (8 in.); Overall: 13.7 x 26.5 cm (5 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.); Diameter of foot: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Bequest of Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee 1993.111
Location: 102B Greek

Did You Know?

Band cups feature figural decoration only within a reserved band aligned with the handles.

Description

The two sides of this drinking cup are nearly identical, each with a reserved band holding a grazing stag between two panthers. A single palmette appears on either side of each handle, while a reserved circle inside the bowl holds a dot within concentric circles.
  • ?-1993
    Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1993-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Beazley Archive. n.d. Beazley Archive Pottery Database. Oxford: Beazley Archive. BAPD 26113 www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
    “1993 Annual Report.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218. Mentioned: p. 158 www.jstor.org
    Neils, Jenifer, and Gisela Walberg. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, OH]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. p. 32, pl. 69.3-4
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