Corinth Object: C 1940 177
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1940 177
Title:   EARLY CORINTHIAN KOTYLE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1940
Object Number:   177
Description:   Deep kotyle with slightly incurving rim ans small ring foot. Horizontal loop handles.
Decoration:   Black figure style. Two thin horizontal lines below lip; continuous wavy line between handles. Frieze bordered by one line above and two bands below. Animal frieze: bull to r., goat to r., lion to l. Applied purple for details of bodies of animals. Widely-spaced rays at base. Filling ornament: cross rosettes with incised cross, spoked rosettes, unincised crosses. Edges of ring foot painted; resting surface reserved; undersurface reserved with concentric bands.Interior painted solid except for a reserved line at lip. Handle reserved except for a horizontal stripe.
Material:   Buff clay. Black paint and applied purple partly worn off.
Munsell Color:   2.5 Y 7/3 (pale brown)
Condition:   Missing parts. Mended from many fragments. One-third of rim and upper-body, part of side and foot missing. Restored.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   Early Corinthian (620/615-595/590)
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   New Museum East. Well 1940-2.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 2000 007 08