GREEK BLACK GLAZE LEBES WITH LID Ca. 400 - 300 BC. A wheel-thrown pottery lebes gamikos with a squat footed base, a gradually widening body with a concave shoulder, a raised lip designed to hold a lid, and a pair of arching handles. The lid has a discoid body with a tapering neck and a cylindrical handle. Both the vessel and lid handles save for the foot and lid body are adorned with black-glazed decorations, and scattered areas of faint silvery iridescence provide a pleasing chromatic complementarity. For similar see: The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Inventory number 50.920. Christie's, Live Auction 7207, Antiquties, Lot. 251. Size: 130mm x 130mm; Weight: 440g. Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Peter van der Elst, Liege, 1987.