Terracotta fragment of a lekanis lid (covered dish)

Unknown

second quarter of the 6th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

At the top, tip of one ray; below, a line of black glaze and a thin line of red glaze; draped youth to left, riding a hippalectryon ("cock horse"); part of a sphinx to right, looking to left; part of the wing of a siren to right; below the wing, a rosette; the overhang of the lid is black glazed; the resting surface is unglazed; the underside is glazed

Artist

Unknown

Date

second quarter of the 6th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011