Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1932 135 | |
Title: | CORINTHIAN FIGURED OLPE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1932 | |
Object Number: | 135 | |
Description: | Corinthian figured Olpe with ovoid body tapering to raised necking ring at base of tall flaring neck, with broadly outturned rim. | |
Decoration: | Lower body, neck, rim and interior of mouth glazed. Both has three animal friezes, from top to bottom: I. grazing ram, to r., panther to l., head frontal; grazing quadruped. Bands of R-W-R, to frieze II: lion, to r., with arching tail; siren, to l. with spreading wings; grazing goat to r. R-W-R bands to frieze III: lion to r. with arching tail; grazing goat; lin to l. with raised tail; back leg of ruminant, to r.; gap; 2/3 drawn, hindquarters omitted for lack of space. Below, W-R-W lines, then glaze. Filling ornament: hasty large rosettes with incised centers and dots. | |
Material: | Buff Corinthian clay, black glaze, added purple, white. | |
Munsell Color: | Between 7.5YR 7/4 and 10YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Mended from many frgts., preserving complete profile from lower body to rim; missing foot and bottom of body, ca. 2/3 rim, handle. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.25 m | |
Dimensions Restored: | D. foot 0.081, M.D. 0.134 m. | |
Period: | Early Corinthian (620/615-595/590) | |
Bibliography: | AJA 1937. p.234, #49., Corinth CII.i P61 N219 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Weinberg, Corinth 7:1, 1943 Publication: Boulter, American Journal of Archaeolog41:2... 1937 |