Corinth Object: C 1938 739
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1938 739
Title:   CORINTHIAN BELL-KRATER WITH CLAY-SLIP DECORATION
Category Code:   C
Year:   1938
Object Number:   739
Description:   Bell krater with convex lower body curving up vertically.
Decoration:   Black glazed over all. Decorated on exterior with ivytendril placed horizontally on upper body. Stem andleaves painted in red-brown (5YR 4.5/3) clay slip,with individual stems incised; between petals(2 preserved below, one above), cluster of 5 dotsfor berries.
Material:   Fine clay fired pale gray at core to pale pinkish-buff at edges.
Munsell Color:   Near 7.5YR 7/4
Condition:   Fragment. Three joining frgts., from lower to upper body,broken all around.
Manufacture:   C25
Dimensions Actual:   T00.005-009
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.114
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   4th c. B.C., context 400-275 + Late Roman coins
Area:   Museum west
Context:   NB184 P10
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Museum west
Basket: NB184 P10