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Black Figure Lekanis

1922.01.0036

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Black Figure Lekanis (1922.01.0036)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Personal Artifacts : Toilet Articles : Beauty Supplies
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Europe, West : Greece : Attica : Athens ; Vouvra
Period	Archaic Period (800 - 480 BC)
Date	575–565 BCE.
Culture	Greek, Attic

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width)	28.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter)	22.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Height)	8.6 cm
Weight	587 g
Measuring Remarks	Under Review
Materials	Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes	Throwing, Firing, Glazing, Painting, Incising

Research Remarks

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.
Published Description	Under Review
Bibliography	Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 12, Plate 10, 3-4.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection
Reproduction	No

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