Apulia / Lekanis lid / Ceramic / Glaze / Slip

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.2612
Object Name: Lekanis lid
Lot: Marburg Collection
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pottery
Materials: Ceramic; Glaze; Slip
Design Style: Apulian red figure
Length: ;
Width: 18.6;
Height: 9.5;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;522g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Orange clay with good glaze. On the knob, a wheel pattern; on the edge a wave pattern to the left. Palmette scrolls enclose the design. A: Eros seated facing right on a rock with his head turned around to the left. Nude but wears high boots and a diadem. Mirror in his left hand and a garland in his right. A staff leans against his right arm. B: female head in profile to the left wearing an open rayed cap, necklace and earrings. Relief contour for Eros with the exception of his profile, feet and left hand/ Inner markings in relief line. Applied white for diadem, garland and staff ofEros, and details of his mirror and boots; parts of the rock; ground lines; necklace and earrings and details of women’s cap; dots in the scrolls.; Gazda: Lid for storage box (lekanis). Clay with glazed and painted decoration. South Italian Greek Red Figure ware.
Subjects: Seated Eros; head of woman
Verbatim Date: 4th C BC
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Apulia
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Ritual Modern Muse; Case 08 - South Italian
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Publication Title: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum; The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse
Publication Author: Van Ingen, Wilhelmina
Publication Year: 1933; 2000
Type Category: Ceramic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.2612
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2612/dscn9265.jpg

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Full citation: "Apulia; Lekanis lid; Ceramic; Glaze; Slip." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2612/dscn9265.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.