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Lekanis
Greek, South Italian
Early Hellenistic Period
about 320–310 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Apulia
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.203a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Vase-Painting in Italy (MFA), no. 078.
DescriptionThe pyxis is covered with a dark greenish glaze; the cover has two female heads in dark glaze, yellow and white; the decoration is poor and coarse.
The lid has two female heads in kekryphaloi to left. Both women are adorned with earrings, necklace, and radiate stephane, all yellow. The sakkoi have detailing in yellow. In front of one head is a yellow ivy leaf; before the other, a flower. In each case, the hair at the back is tied with a yellow fillet. Between the heads are two large, triangular palmettes. On the top of the handle is a black palmette. There are dentil-like tongues around the overhanging rim and between the handles of the bowl.
ITALIAN VASE PAINTING in ITALY, # 78 - (98.2203a-b)
Lekanis with Lid
about 320-310 B. C.
The lid has two female heads in kekryphaloi to left. Both women are adorned with earrings, necklace, and radiate stephane, all yellow. The sakkoi have detailing in yellow. In front of one head is a yellow ivy leaf; before the other, a flower. In each case, the hair at the back is tied with a yellow fillet. Between the heads are two large, triangular palmettes. On the top of the handle is a black palmette. There are dentil-like tongues around the overhanging rim and between the handles on the bowl.
The lid has two female heads in kekryphaloi to left. Both women are adorned with earrings, necklace, and radiate stephane, all yellow. The sakkoi have detailing in yellow. In front of one head is a yellow ivy leaf; before the other, a flower. In each case, the hair at the back is tied with a yellow fillet. Between the heads are two large, triangular palmettes. On the top of the handle is a black palmette. There are dentil-like tongues around the overhanging rim and between the handles of the bowl.
ITALIAN VASE PAINTING in ITALY, # 78 - (98.2203a-b)
Lekanis with Lid
about 320-310 B. C.
The lid has two female heads in kekryphaloi to left. Both women are adorned with earrings, necklace, and radiate stephane, all yellow. The sakkoi have detailing in yellow. In front of one head is a yellow ivy leaf; before the other, a flower. In each case, the hair at the back is tied with a yellow fillet. Between the heads are two large, triangular palmettes. On the top of the handle is a black palmette. There are dentil-like tongues around the overhanging rim and between the handles on the bowl.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: William Sturgis Bigelow Collection; Gift of Dr. W. S. Bigelow to MFA, June 7, 1989