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Lekane with cover

Greek
Archaic Period
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 0.179 H. 0.175 D.
Credit Line Gift of Edward Robinson
Accession Number92.2602a-b
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ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 482.
Description(a) Principal design a frieze of lions, sphinxes, and human-headed birds. (b) Cover of deeper-colored clay, decorated with lines, rays, and bands. Said to have been found near Corinth.
ProvenanceBy 1882: Edward Robinson Collection (purchased in Athens in 1882: said to have been found near Corinth); gift of Edward Robinson to MFA, February 10, 1892