Lekanis/lekane
Both lekanis (pl. lekanides) and lekane (pl. lekanai) refer to low bowls with two horizontal handles and a broad low foot. The
handles are regularly ribbon-shaped, a form that suggests a prototype in another material. The application of the Greek terms
lekane and lekanis is not entirely clear, and modern usage varies. In general, the lekane is taken to be lidless
and often undecorated, whereas the lekanis is shallow, lidded and often decorated. Examples of the latter appear in marriage-scenes
and other scenes involving women, and are themselves regularly decorated with scenes of marriage.
- Lidded lekanis - 'Group Oxford Lekanis' ht. 8.5cm