Description
ITEM | Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion and Palmettes |
MATERIAL | Pottery |
CULTURE | Greek, South Italic Colonies – Apulia |
PERIOD | 4th Century B.C |
DIMENSIONS | 105 mm x 85 mm |
CONDITION | Good condition |
PROVENANCE | Ex French private collection Ex Mythes et Légendes Gallery |
DESCRIPTION | A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery lekanis. The wide body has a protruding foot and a delineated lip. The top is adorned with a pair of red-figure ladies of fashion with kekryphalos hairstyles and serene visages alternating with stylized palmettes |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | Spurlock Museum of World Cultures (Illinois). Collection online Accession no. 1921.01.0012 |