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Covered footed bowl with lid (exaleiptron)
Possibly made by: Lysiades
Greek
Archaic Period
about 520 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.531a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionMain body is unglazed, decorated with four thin relief bands with closely spaced tiny black dots. Stem is black-glazed, with three narrow red lines.
b. Cover with black-glazed knob has two relief lines.
b. Cover with black-glazed knob has two relief lines.
ProvenanceBy 1899: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris. We know it came from Eretria.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)