Corinth Object: C 1932 233
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1932 233
Title:   CORINTHIAN OINOCHOE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1932
Object Number:   233
Description:   Corinthian oinochoe with ovoid body, maximum diameter above median, tapering to narrow cylindrical neck, trefoil mouth; vertical double handle from rim to shoulder.
Decoration:   Neck, mouth, and handle glazed. On shoulder, animal frieze: two swans facing with upraised wings, a lotus and palmette between. Incised rosettes. Beneath, purple band edged in white.
Material:   Buff Corinthian clay, black glaze, purple and white paint.
Munsell Color:   Between 10YR 8/2 and 10YR 7/2
Condition:   Fragment. Mended from many frgts., missing lower half, partially RIP.
Dimensions Actual:   M.Diam. ca. 0.18 m.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. ca. 0.191 m.
Dimensions Restored:   H. 0.265 m.
Period:   Corinthian
Bibliography:   AJA 1937, p.231, #39; Corinth VII.1 N225; Amyx CorVP By Sphinx Ptr., Trans.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Weinberg, Corinth 7:1, 1943
Publication: Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the ... 1988
Publication: Boulter, American Journal of Archaeolog41:2... 1937
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