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Black-Figure Band Cup: Stags and Panthers
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Black-Figure Band Cup: Stags and Panthers

c. 540 BCE · ceramic

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineBlack-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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee, 1993.111

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