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Terracotta fragments of a lekanis lid (covered dish)
The largest fragment has a band of rays, framed by a red line at the top and two black glazed lines at the bottom; below, draped male to right; woman to right, with her garment draped around her head and over her extended arms; siren to right, looking back to the figures behind her; the second fragment has a band of rays, framed by a red line at the top and two black glaze lines at the bottom; below, back of the head of a youth to left; head of a youth to left; lion to left; sphinx to right, looking back to the lion behind her; head of a draped youth to right, facing the head of a figure to left; the third fragment, has part of the band of rays and two black glazed lines; below, part of a draped male to right with his arm seen from beneath his himation; youth running to right, with his upper torso in three-quarter view; draped youth to left with his arm seen from beneath his himation; sphinx to left; the fourth fragment has part of the neck and upper torso of a draped male; head, chest, and part of the wing of a sphinx; the fifth and sixth fragments have parts of felines
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a lekanis lid (covered dish)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: third quarter of the sixth century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.604.3.1263a–f
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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