lekanis

Stemmed bowl, lekanis, on a heavy foot. Southern Italian Greek, from Puglia. The dish is made from pinkish clay, with thin brown red paint on the body, underside, and foot. There are vertical tongues in between the two horizontal ribbon handles with spurs. The interior is painted dull brown or red, and the handles are painted black.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
23.10.61/2a
Date
circa 330 BCE
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 66 mm x 125 mm; overall: 127 x 187.33 x 120.65 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
clay; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Archaeology
LOCATION
World Gallery > Europe > Italy - archaeology and boat prow
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