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Accession_Number

53.8.3

Shape

Lekanis

Shape_description

Slightly convex, rounded, overhanging lip on a tall, tapering rim, a carination at the junction with the sharply sloping body or bowl of the lekanis, on a tall, sloping ring foot, with flat resting surface, angled walls on exterior and interior, and a nearly flat underside. On either side of the rim is attached a horizontal, u-shaped ribbon handle, between a pair of lugs.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Boeotian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 8/4

Decoration

Lip and interior glazed black, except a ram protome, profile to right, at the centre of a reserved tondo, outlined with an orange band. Exterior: lotus petals on the rim, interrupted only by the glazed handles and lugs, above a a thin glazed band at the carination (mostly orange-red), an invertedanimal frieze on the body or bowl, above a pair of thin bands above a thick band; bands decorating the foot on exterior and interior vertical surfaces; underside decorated with concentric circles (black between two lighter orange circles, enclosed by two darker orange circles). The animal frieze shows (from just above the black handle): a panther advancing to the right, head frontal, licking the horns of a grazing deer, profile to the left, between two pinecones, with a dotted line above his back; a panther advancing to the left, head turned frontal, a dotted lozenge, a lion advancing to the right, tongue licking the horns of a deer grazing profile to the left, with a row of chevrons above; a dotted lozenge. Below each creature is a dotted bull's eye (comprised of central dot, surrounded by a band, surrounded by a circle of dots). Additional ornaments, including dots and chevrons, in the field.

Inscriptions

Condition

Nearly complete, comprised of 14 or more rejoined pieces. Chips around the rim; worn surface, with scratches and yellow, sandy deposits on the exterior.

Technique/Style

Black figure; streaky glaze, especially patchy on the protome; black glaze fired red on the interior, on and above the handle to the right of the protome, and on the exterior, around the foot, most of rim, and 'pinecone'.

Provenance

Period

High Archaic

Date

550-525

Dating_details

Artist

Protome Painter

Attribution

Image

2002.97.0450.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian black-figure lekanis, showing a bull protome in the tondo.
2002.97.0451.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian black-figure lekanis, showing a bull protome in the tondo.
2002.97.0452.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian black-figure lekanis, showing the vertical lines on the rim.
2002.97.0453.jpg	Bottom view of a Boeotian lekanis, showing an animal frieze with panthers, goats, and a lion.
2004.06.0010.jpg	Bottom view of a Boeotian lekanis, showing an animal frieze with panthers, goats, and a lion.
2004.06.0011.jpg	View of the interior of a Boeotian lekanis, showing the forepart of a bull, facing right.
2010.98.0017.jpg	Overhead view of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing the forepart of a running bull, in the tondo.
2010.98.0018.jpg	Overhead bottom view of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing animals, including a goat, panther and a lion.
2010.98.0019.jpg	Close-up detail of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing a lion.
2010.98.0020.jpg	Close-up detail of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing a goat.
2010.98.0021.jpg	Close-up detail of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing a panther.
2010.98.0022.jpg	Close-up detail of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing a goat.
2010.98.0023.jpg	Close-up detail of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing a panther.
2010.98.0024.jpg	Oblique overhead view of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing the forepart of a running bull, in the tondo.
2010.98.0025.jpg	Oblique overhead view of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing the forepart of a running bull, in the tondo.
2010.98.0026.jpg	Close-up detail of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing the forepart of a running bull, in the tondo.
2010.98.0027.jpg	Oblique bottom view of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing animals, including a goat, panther and a lion.
2010.98.0028.jpg	Side close-up view of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing animals, including a goat, panther and a lion.
2010.98.0029.jpg	Side bottom view of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing animals, including a goat, panther and a lion.
2010.98.0030.jpg	Side bottom view of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing animals, including a goat, panther and a lion.
2010.98.0031.jpg	Side bottom view of a terracotta, Boeotian, black-figure lekanis, showing animals, including a goat, panther and a lion.