| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1930 103 | |
| Title: | MIDDLE CORINTHIAN KRATER | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1930 | |
| Object Number: | 103 | |
| Description: | Krater with very small foot, body almost biconical with wide-flaring lower part, pronounced curve at max. diam. and wide shoulder, low cylindrical neck wide horizontal rim. | |
| Decoration: | Lotus-palmette chain on rim, neck black glazed. Wide frieze on upper body: Herakles and Centaurs: 2 centaurs on either side of vase carrying pine branches; a siren, Herakles drawing bow under one of handles. Then, 2 wounded centaurs fleeing from Herakles, 2 pursuing him; under other handle eagle in flight carrying snake, with 2 males facing each other to lt. of eagle. Sparing use of incision: for hairon centaur bodies; no red over paint. Below, black band; animal frieze with 4 panthers, 3 grazing deer between the panthers and a padded dancer. Details of animals incised but no red paint. Wide black band below animal frieze, rays at base. | |
| Material: | Light buff clay with greenish tinge. | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Complete profile except for foot and lower body, many joining frgts. Handles restored, and parts of rim, body. | |
| Dimensions Restored: | H. 0.037, Max. D. 0.457 m. | |
| Period: | Middle Corinthian (595/590-570) | |
| Bibliography: | AJA 1931, p.413, fig. 7; Corinth VII.i, p74, N312; Hesperia Suppl. 28 no. sub. 93 p. 26 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Weinberg, Corinth 7:1, 1943 Publication: deWaele, American Journal of Archaeolog35:4... 1931 Publication: Lawrence, Hesperia Supplements 28, 1996 Images (21) |
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