Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1931 98 | |
Title: | CHAMPLEVE PLATE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1931 | |
Object Number: | 98 | |
Description: | Plate with ring foot, profile vertical to biconical, narrow resting surface, recessed undersurface. Straight flaring body, rising at ca. 20 degrees to ca. H00.040, turning up more sharply, then out to nearly horizontal outturned rim. | |
Decoration: | White slip over all. On floor, medalliion withchampleve lion, leaping rt., head turned back; circular eye, long mane, forepaws raised; angular filling motif over back, floral spray to rt. No border. On rim, cross-hatching. Yellow glaze streaked to brown over interior, exterior of rim. | |
Material: | Fine light reddish-brown clay with scattered fine white, black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/4 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., complete profile; ca. 1/2 foot, 1/4 body to rim. Chip in rim. | |
Manufacture: | C70 | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.060 D00.104 (foot) | |
Dimensions Restored: | D00.26-00.265 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late 12th-early 13th c.? | |
Area: | Temple C | |
Context: | NB117 P67 | |
Bibliography: | Corinth 11, cat. 1720 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: Temple C Basket: NB117 P67 Notebook Page: NB 117, spread 38 (pp. 67 - 68) |