Corinth Object: C 1934 553
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 553
Title:   BYZANTINE CHAMPLEVE BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   553
Description:   Bowl with hemispherical body, tapered lip.
Decoration:   White slip over all. On interior, foot of human or bird, directed rt., with floral spray in medallion surrounded by beaded border; on upper body below lip broad band of floral rinceau. Yellow glaze on interior, becoming clear on exterior.
Material:   Moderately fine pinkish-tan clay with scattered fine pores, white inclusions; fracture rough.
Munsell Color:   Between 7.5YR 6/6 and 7.5YR 7/6
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., complete profile from just above foot to lip, ca. 1/6 circumference.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.050 (true)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.14 (lip)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late 12th to early 13th c.
Area:   Forum southeast
Context:   NB139 P134
    NB139 P135
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N1753
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum southeast
Basket: NB139 P134
Notebook Page: NB 139, spread 89 (pp. 134 - 135)