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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;

 

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Uploaded on December 16, 2012
Taken on November 25, 2012