Harvard Art Museums > 2007.104.5.A-C: Lebes with Cover and Stand Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Lebes with Cover and Stand , 2007.104.5.A-C,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 30, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/186199. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2007.104.5.A-C Title Lebes with Cover and Stand Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 600 BCE-550 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Etruria Period Archaic period Culture Etruscan Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/186199 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Wheel-made Dimensions Overall Height: 48 cm h (18 7/8 in. h) Bowl: 20 cm h x 31 cm diam. (7 7/8 in. h x 12 3/16 in. diam) Stand: 19.7 cm h x 16.4 cm diam. (7 3/4 in. h x 6 7/16 in. diam) Lid: 8.5 cm h x 31.1 cm diam. (3 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Etruscan Lebes with Stand and Lid: Purchased from George Allen, Hesperia Art, Philadelphia, PA, January 1966. Judged, and said, to have come from the neighborhood of Veii. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2007 Object Number 2007.104.5.A-C Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Lebes, lid, and stand are all separate pieces. All are of a coarse yellowish-buff fabric with many inclusions and have a brick-red slip with decoration in white, yellow, and black. Large lebes is cauldron-shaped. The flat rim is encircled by worn black and white bands. The body of the vessel is decoraed with a faded frieze of six running hounds, four of which run to the right, two to the left. The figures appear to have been outlined and detailed in black and then filled with white and/or yellow. The lid is decorated with alternating black and white concentric circles. Its knob is black. The stand is of a slightly thicker fabric and has a more vivid red slip. It is decorated with stripes of white, black and yellow, with an intervening wave frieze in white. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
