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Black-Figure Band Skyphos (Drinking Cup): Sirens, Stags, and Panthers
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBlack-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
