Lekanis

Both lekanis and lekane refer to low bowls with two horizontal handles and a broad low foot. The ribbon-shaped handles are set horizontally on the sides, and a cylindrical stem topped by a cover with a disc-like knob serving as a handle.

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. This vessel had an early history in Attic pottery; it was known in the Geometric period