lekanis / Ceramic / Glaze / Paint

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.2582a
Object Name: lekanis
Lot: Marburg Collection
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pottery
Materials: Ceramic; Glaze; Paint
Length: ;
Width: 10.6;
Height: 64.0;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;AT: 57g; BT: 58.09g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Pale greenish buff clay with brown glaze; red paint applied directly to clay. Red band around boss in center of knob. “Cone” pattern around edge on top of knob. Concentric bands on lid top - widest band red. On bowl: foot edge outside of flange over which cover fits are red. Stripes on exterior and concentric bands on interior.; Lekanis. Clay.
Verbatim Date: c. 550 BC
Verbatim Provenance: Greece
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Case 07 - Greek World
Exhibition Curator: Talalay, Lauren; Herbert, Sharon C.
Exhibition Year: 2009
Publication Title: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
Publication Author: Van Ingen, Wilhelmina
Publication Year: 1933
Type Category: Ceramic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.2582a
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2582a/dscn9090.jpg

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