Band cup
Band cupsare a form of ancient GreekAtticLittle-master cups.
The lip of a band cup is black and slightly concave. At the joint between vase body and foot, there is often a red ring. The external figural decoration is in the area of the handles, often framed bypalmettes.Internal images and inscriptions are quite rare. Some specimens are completely black with the exception of some figures near the handles. Another very rare group of specimens, attributed to the potterAndokidesand his workshop, have figural decoration on the flat base of the foot.
It remains unknown why band cups andlip cupsexisted side by side for a considerable period. Perhaps,[original research?]each variant had its own distinctive advantages. For example, it may have been more pleasant to drink from the undecorated black-slipped lip of a band cup, while the strong ridge underneath the rim of lip cups would have prevented spilling more effectively. Lip cups were somewhat more difficult to produce.
Well-known artists of this type wereHermogenes,Glaukytes,theCentaur Painter,Neandros,Soklesand theOakeshott Painter.The differences amongst these cups can be found through their varying sizes and decorated imagery; these unique characteristics were influenced by the workshops they were created in rather than a set formula for the cup design.[1]
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- John Boardman:Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch,Mainz 1977,ISBN3-8053-0233-9,p. 66
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