Lebes
6th century B.C.
Dark brown to black polished surface. Body: squat ovoid with a high foot. Four wide roll handles on the shoulder decorated with vertical relief lines. The opening has no rim. Incised lines in tongue pattern around the edge of the opening. Winged horses around the body are the principal decoration. Above and below the horses are lines in relief. Incised lines around the lower body in double zigzag pattern. Horizontal relief lines around the foot and incised zigzag pattern near the edge of the foot.
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