The three-legged lebes (cauldron) is already encountered in the Mycenaean Age, and its use also continues during the Geometric period. Its shape is a fusion of the stand and the vase supported by it. A three-legged lebes with spout from Zagora, Andros. 8th century BC.
Archaeological Museum, Andros 1210. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/Archaeological Receipts Fund.
Cambitoglou, A., Archaiologiko Mouseio Androu: Odigos, Athens 1991, p. 38, fig. 16.
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