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Interior scene with women
Vases of this type were often presented as wedding gifts, and the scenes on them tend to show women dressing and grooming themselves. Here, the seated woman leaning back to speak to a woman behind her may be a bride whom the others are preparing for her wedding.
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Title: Terracotta lekanis (covered dish)
Period: Classical
Date: last quarter of 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:
H. with lid 5 in. (12.7 cm)
diameter 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.78.47a, b
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