Lekanis and Lid / Ceramic / Glaze / Slip
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.2611b
- Object Name
- Lekanis and Lid
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Weight
- Lekanis: 333g; Lid: 331g
- Inscribed
- yes
- Artifact Obverse Inscription
- Mended. Modern: piece of rim and bit of one head on cover. Orange clay with good glaze. Wheel pattern on top of knob. Inverted wave pattern to left on edge of cover. Vertical striped on the rim of the kylix. On the cover between palmettes and scrolls two female heads in profile to left wearing open rayed caps, necklaces and earrings. No relief contours. Applied white for rays, striped in calyces of palmettes and dots in scrolls; parts of wheel pattern on knob. Applied red for vertical striped on rim of bowl. On underside of foot the graffito BI
- Full Artifact Description
- Mended. Modern: piece of rim and bit of one head on cover. Orange clay with good glaze. Wheel pattern on top of knob. Inverted wave pattern to left on edge of cover. Vertical striped on the rim of the kylix. On the cover between palmettes and scrolls two female heads in profile to left wearing open rayed caps, necklaces and earrings. No relief contours. Applied white for rays, striped in calyces of palmettes and dots in scrolls; parts of wheel pattern on knob. Applied red for vertical striped on rim of bowl. On underside of foot the graffito BI
- Verbatim Date
- 4th C BC
- Verbatim Provenance
- Italy
- Countermark
- no
- Inscription Obverse Text
- Mended. Modern: piece of rim and bit of one head on cover. Orange clay with good glaze. Wheel pattern on top of knob. Inverted wave pattern to left on edge of cover. Vertical striped on the rim of the kylix. On the cover between palmettes and scrolls two female heads in profile to left wearing open rayed caps, necklaces and earrings. No relief contours. Applied white for rays, striped in calyces of palmettes and dots in scrolls; parts of wheel pattern on knob. Applied red for vertical striped on rim of bowl. On underside of foot the graffito BI
- Exhibition Title
- Case 08 - South Italian
- Exhibition Curator
- Gazda, Elaine
- Publication Title
- Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
- Publication Author
- Van Ingen, Wilhelmina
- Publication Year
- 1933
- Type Category
- Ceramic
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.2611b
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2611b/dscn9291.jpg
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"Lekanis and Lid; Ceramic; Glaze; Slip." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2611b/dscn9291.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.