Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 2005 30 | |
Title: | BOWL WITH APPLIQUE COMIC MASK SUPPORTS | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 2005 | |
Object Number: | 30 | |
Description: | Bowl with applique supports of comic masks in the form of satyr heads with hair worn short in a combed layer rising above the forehead and surrounding face, hair on back of head shown with incised grooves, furrowed forehead, bulging, arched eyebrows, bulging round eyes, pug nose, wide open mouth in big laugh surrounded by thick, heart-shaped beard. | |
Decoration: | Red paint all over. | |
Mythology: | Satyr | |
Material: | Fine pink clay with rare large to very large white inclusions, few medium black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR (pink) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving one applique support. Paint well-preserved on hair and below chin, but worn on face. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. of head 0.034, W. 0.035 | |
Weight Description: | 0.032 | |
Weight: | 0.032 | |
Period: | 2nd c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | Ca. 175-146 B.C. (Corinth VII.3, p. 171). | |
Area: | Panaghia north | |
Context: | NB975 B52 P118, LOT 2005 023 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Panaghia north Image: bw 2005 025 02 Basket: NB975 B52 P118 |