VesselsGreek4th century BCE

Apulian Red-figure Lid from a Pyxis or Lekanis

350-300 BCE

Description

Orange-buff fabric with semi-lustrous black slip. Radial stripes on flat handle knob. The decoration on the low, conical lid is divided into quadrants. Two of these are filled with large palmettes. The other two have identical depictions of the head of a woman wearing a tiara, necklace, earrings, and an elaborate hairstyle.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Century

4th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

4.7 x 9.2 cm (1 7/8 x 3 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Walton Brooks McDaniel, New Jersey (?-1943/46) gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, (1943/46-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Note: Walton Brooks McDaniel gave a portion of his collection to the Department of the Classics in 1943 and the rest in 1946. The Collection is named for his late wife, Alice Corinne McDaniel.