APULIAN LEKANIS WITH LADY OF FASHION

Ca. 350 - 300 BC. A pair of Apulian lekanis. A hemispherical body and flared footed base. The lid bears a register of cresting waves along the exterior rim and a radiating flower on top of the discoid handle. Two distinguished ladies of fashion adorn the top of the lid, both shown in profile and wearing delicate, white pigmented stephane with kekryphalos hairstyles. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 2021.40.31a, b. Size: 125mm xx 100mm; Weight: 310g Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.