Black Figure Lekanis
1922.01.0036
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Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Black Figure Lekanis (1922.01.0036) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | None |
Geographic Location |
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Period/Date | Archaic Period (800 - 480 BC), 575–565 BCE. |
Culture | Greek, Attic |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Width) | 28.7 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Diameter) | 22.7 cm |
Dimension 3 (Height) | 8.6 cm |
Weight | 587 g |
Measuring Remarks | D1 includes the handles; D2 does not. |
Materials | Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze |
Manufacturing Processes | Throwing, Firing, Glazing, Painting, Incising |
Munsell Color Information | Brownish Orange (5YR 5/8) -ns |
Research Remarks
Published Description | ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE Offset mouth, ribbon handles, flaring foot. Interior fully glazed. Concentric red bands on interior, uneven red band on exterior of rim. Handles reserved on insides, curve incisions on exterior. Two thin bands above rays on the lower body. Three concentric circles on the underside of bowl. SUBJECT On the exterior: A-B, siren to right flanked by sphinxes. Details incised, crude rosette fillers. ACCESSORY COLORS Purple: Wings. From Vouvra. Attributed to the Polos Painter by D. Amyx. About 575-565 B. C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 10, 3-4. |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | Beazley, Attic Black-figure Vase-painters, 1956. Pp. 43-49 Boardman, Athenian Black-Figure Vases, 1974. P. 189, pl. 29 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Oxford 2 (Great Britain 9), p. 91, pl. 1:18 |
Bibliography | Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 12, Plate 10, 3-4. |
Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection |
Reproduction | No |
Reproduction Information | N/A |