cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/45.10.4
Accession_Number | 45.10.4 |
Shape | Lekanis lid |
Shape_description | Central, circular knob handle, with flat top and inset rim. |
Material | Terracotta |
Fabric | Attic |
Fabric_description | |
Munsell_color | 5YR 6/6 |
Decoration | Inside and outside of rim is black and there are five dots inside. Main design is two pairs of female heads all wearing head-dresses, facing one another. Detail painted in black. On outer rim are rough dots. Underside of lid is black. |
Inscriptions | |
Condition | Incomplete and repaired. Chips removed from rim. Glaze lost. |
Technique/Style | Red figure |
Provenance | |
Period | Late Classical |
Date | 400-375 |
Dating_details | |
Artist | Reading Lekanis Painter |
Attribution | Beazley cites this as the name vase of the 'Reading Lekanis Painter': ARV2 1501.1 |
Image | |
Comparanda | |
Bibliography | ARV2 1501.1; Sian Lewis, The Athenian Woman, An Iconographic Handbook (London 2002) fig. 4.27 |
Archive_Ref | |
Beazley_DB | 230860 |
Height | 4.6 |
Diameters | Rim 11.7; knob 4.1 |
Handle_height | 1.7 |
Other_dims. | |
Location | Body Beautiful |
Edited_by | Denise; Kinsey; Teifi; Julia |
Date_edited | 30.08.2002; 11.01.2006; 03.08.2006; 09.05.2016 |