Corinth Object: C 1940 170 Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Object | Name: | | C 1940 170 | Title: | | EARLY CORINTHIAN KOTYLE BY THE PLUS PAINTER | Category Code: | | C | Year: | | 1940 | Object Number: | | 170 | Description: | | Rather deep kotyle, flaring convex body, small ring foot. Horizontal loop handles. | Decoration: | | Black Figure style. One horizontal glazed line below the lip and vertical wavy lines between handles. Animal frieze: two lions to r., a bird (swan?) to r. Applied purple on mane and chest of lions. Filling ornament: unincised heavy crosses and many blobs. Thin, widely spaced rays at base. Edges of ring foot painted; resting surface reserved; undersurface reserved with two concentric bands. Interior painted solid except for a reserved line at lip. Handle reserved except for a horizontal stripe. Heavy slapdash incisions, disproportional drawing with careless use of applied paint. | Material: | | Buff clay. Brownish black paint, partly worn off. Applied purple paint. | Munsell Color: | | 10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | Condition: | | Missing parts. Mended from many fragments. Missing few parts of rim and side. Restored | Manufacture: | | WM | Period: | | Early Corinthian (620/615-595/590) | Provenance: | | Corinth | Findspot Description: | | New Museum East. Well 1940-2. | Bibliography: | | Corinth 7.2, sub no. 53; Benson 1983, 322; Amyx, CVP, 134, no. 11. | Site: | | Corinth | City: | | Ancient Corinth | Country: | | Greece | References: | | Image: bw 2000 007 07
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