Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Group of Rhodes 11941

Date

c. 540 BCE

Medium

ceramic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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