Terracotta fragment of a lekanis lid (covered dish)

second quarter of the 6th century BCE

Not on view

At the top, band of black glaze; below, a band of rays framed at the top by a line of red glaze, and at the bottom by two black glazed lines; below, at the left, an unidentified object; at the right, head and part of the wing of a filleted sphinx to right, looking over the left shoulder

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Terracotta fragment of a lekanis lid (covered dish)
Period: Archaic
Date: second quarter of the 6th 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: 2011.604.3.964
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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