Lekanis
The decorate lid depicts a reclining woman with a “tympanon”, to her left a satyr, to her right a winged genius.
The name lekanis refers to low bowl with two horizontal handles and a broad low foot. The bowl is topped by a cover with a disc-like knob serving as a handle
Made in Athens;
Attic red figured Lekanis;
About 400 - 300 BC;
From Spina Necropolis;
Ferrara, Archaeological Museum;
Lekanis
The decorate lid depicts a reclining woman with a “tympanon”, to her left a satyr, to her right a winged genius.
The name lekanis refers to low bowl with two horizontal handles and a broad low foot. The bowl is topped by a cover with a disc-like knob serving as a handle
Made in Athens;
Attic red figured Lekanis;
About 400 - 300 BC;
From Spina Necropolis;
Ferrara, Archaeological Museum;