Greek Apulian Red Figure Lekanis, c. 4th Century B.C.

(Greek Lekanis)

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Item No.
29.35733
Culture
Apulian, c. 4th Century B.C. 
Item Details.
Decorated with two female heads in profile, wearing stephane, sakkos, beaded necklace and earrings, with added white and yellow, the heads on the lekanis between two large palmettes, the knopped lid with a central rosette, a band of wave pattern around the base of the lid.

Provenance: The Desmond Morris Collection, author of the "Naked Ape", "Manwatching", "The Naked Eye" and numerous other books on human behaviour as well as being a professional zoologist, surrealist artist, lecturer and broadcaster. He began his collection in 1967.

Size
9.8 cm total H (lid included) - 3 7/8 inches
Material
Terracotta 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
Greek
Price.
US$ 1000
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