Deep bowl with geometric handles Attique

Deep bowl with geometric handles

Greek art, Attica, Late geometric, last quarter of 8th century B.C.
Beige-orange clay
Very good condition
Diameter: 12 cm

Provenance: Former L. collection (Paris)
Sale Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Expert Patrice Laporte, December 04, 1983, n. 213 (as lekanis with irrelevant lid)

Bibliography: Unpublished

Comparative bibliography :
N. J. Coldstream, Greek Geometric Pottery (1968)

This attractive, vertical-walled bowl with handles is typical of the geometric period in its shape and decoration of triglyphs and metopes decorated with chevrons, rosettes and zig-zags. The lip is decorated with a frieze of meanders.