A BOEOTIAN LEKANIS

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A BOEOTIAN LEKANIS
Circa 6th Century B.C.

The wide flat bowl with a low foot, sloping rim and flat, ribbon handle, the tondo black-glazed with a whirl in the reserved tondo with several bands in added red, the exterior with a wide band of palmettes and lotus flowers with added red highlights above a band of heart-shapes, the rim with zigzag below a band of dots, intact
12in. (30.5cm.) diameter excluding handles