An Attic black-figure eye-cup
Circa 550-525 B.C.
One side of the exterior with a courting scene between large eyes, showing a bearded nude male approaching a female, their hands meeting inbetween, the female wearing a red fillet in her hair and a striped pleated chiton from the waist down, her torso nude; the other side of the exterior with a nude bearded male between large eyes, striding to the right and carrying a large white cockerel under his right arm, a stylised lotus flower beneath each handle, encircling bands above the stem, the interior with a reserved tondo with a ring dot motif, details incised and in added red and white, 22.1cm wide excl. handles 注脚Provenance:
with Galerie Archeologie, Paris.
Private collection, Belgium, acquired from the above 9 November 1967; and thence by descent to the present owner.