Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1931 316 | |
Title: | PROTOCORINTHIAN OLPE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1931 | |
Object Number: | 316 | |
Description: | Olpe with ovoid body, max. diam. near median, tapering to neck; ridge at juncture to neck. Neck wide flaring. | |
Decoration: | Low bands of rays at base, 3 zones with animal figures on body with wide black band below each zone, wide glazed band with incised round rays on shoulder. Top frieze: panthers, lions, goat, boar and charging bull; third frieze: panthers, lions, boar and owl. All figures in silhouette, some inclusions for lines of body, face. Filling ornament: dot rosettes with joined center, also with unjoined, chevrons, lozenges, a spiral hook and a large composite design made up of lozenges. No traces of red or white overpaint. Amyx: Head in Air Painter. | |
Material: | Fine light buff clay. | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Numerous joining frgts., preserving complete profile except for foot, rim,; handle and some body frgts. Also RIP. | |
Dimensions Actual: | Diam. max. 0.21 | |
Dimensions Restored: | H. 0.32 | |
Period: | Protocorinthian (720-630) | |
Chronology: | MPC II - LPC | |
Area: | New Museum | |
Context: | NB117 P29 | |
NB117 P28 | ||
Bibliography: | Weinberg 1943, Corinth 7.1, cat. 142; Amyx, CorVP, p. 43, p. 361. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Weinberg, Corinth 7:1, 1943 Publication: Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the ... 1988 Monument: New Museum Image: bw 1963 001 10 Basket: NB117 P28 Basket: NB117 P29 |