Terracotta lekanis (dish)

ca. 325–300 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 161

Frontal head of a woman

Female heads decorate vases of many shapes. They are particularly suited to a circular format, as evidenced also by the heads of goddesses, nymphs, and other mythological ladies on the coinage of South Italian and Sicilian cities such as Metapontum, Thurii, Terina, and Syracuse.

Artwork Details

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Title: Terracotta lekanis (dish)
Artist: Close in style to the Baltimore Painter
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 325–300 BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
diameter 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Object Number: 06.1021.224
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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