| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1931 5 | |
| Title: | MEASLES WARE PLATE WITH HARPY | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1931 | |
| Object Number: | 5 | |
| Description: | Bowl with low, slightly flaring ring foot, interior continuing without break into rounded undersurface.Deep body, convex at base, then rising with straightflaring profile at ca. 60 degrees to oblique roundlip. Turning ridges apparent on interior, upper body. | |
| Decoration: | Pale slip over interior and overlapping lip. Incised on floor, without frame, large ostrich to rt. with long pointed beak, circle with dash for eye, fringe along outline, dashes alternating with rows of dots on body, long tail with faintly dotted feathers, long dotted legs. Riding on back is harpy, head nearly to lip; faces rt., head turned back, short curly locks, eye a bottle-shaped outline with central dot, snub nose; scaley body, dotted feathers and long legs with claw feet. In field to rt. large fish, upside down, head up, scaley body, fringed gills, large dot with circle for eye. Row of dots on lip. Pale yellow glaze over interior, thinolive-green glaze, imperfectly preserved, overall exterior. | |
| Mythology: | Harpy | |
| Material: | Fine tan clay with tiny black, sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Ca. 10YR 7/7.4 (chip) and redder | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Nine joining frgts., complete. Small chip in exterior of lip. Note: originally numbered C-1931-058, thenchanged to present one. | |
| Manufacture: | C81 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.071-00.077 D00.0664 (foot) D00.206 (lip) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Byzantine c. 1140-70 (GS) | |
| Area: | New Museum | |
| Context: | NB116 P131 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth 11 cat. 668 (as C-1931-058); Megaw in World Ceramics (ed. Charleston) 1968, pp. 100-106; Volbach + Lafontaine-Dosogne, Byzanz und der christ. Osten, 1968, no. 84a; Splendeur de Byzance, 1982, p. 231 no. C6; Greece and the Sea, 1987, p. 266, no. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: New Museum Image: bw 3204 Image: digital 2022 0343 Image: digital 2022 0344 Basket: NB116 P131 Notebook Page: NB 116, spread 72 (pp. 133 - 134) |
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