Lidded lekanis

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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Lidded lekanis
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker
Date6th-4th century B.C.E.
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsTop (Lid): 3 5/16 × 3 5/16 × 3/8 in. (8.4 × 8.4 × 1 cm) Other (Knob of lid): 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 13/16 in. (3.1 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm) Overall (Body): 4 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (12 × 8.2 × 4.5 cm) Mouth: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm) Base: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) Handle: 7/8 × 1 3/16 × 3/8 in. (2.2 × 3 × 0.9 cm)
Credit LineIsaac Hollister Hall, Class of 1859, Collection. Transferred from the Hamilton College Archives; Gift of Janet M. Bates.
Object number2015.6.26a-b
Not on view
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Alternate Titles Lidded dish with red-figure patterns
Exhibition History 2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," May 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
Provenance 2013: Hamilton College (Archives), by gift of Janet M. Bates;
1999: Janet M. Bates, by bequest of her husband, George P. Bates;
?: George P. Bates, Class of 1936, by gift or bequest of his mother, Mary Hall Bates;
?: Mary Hall Bates, by gift or bequest of her father, Isaac Hollister Hall;
1875-77: Isaac Hollister Hall, by gift of General Luigi Palma di Cesnola;
1875-77: excavated by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
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