Corinth Object: C 1937 1326a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1326a
Title:   IMPRESSED WHITE WARE FRUITSTAND
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1326
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1937-1326B-D
Description:   Fruitstand with broad cylindrical stem, body rising at ca. 30 degrees with slight convex-to-concave profile, slightly flaring rim with pair of ridges on upper surface, between which a plastic stud.
Decoration:   Interior: impressed design of man facing front, riding galloping horse to lt., spear in bent lt. arm; radiating stripes in red underpaint on body. Exterior: band of inscribed wavy lines under rim. Yellow glaze over all but interior of foot.
Material:   Hard-fired pale pink clay with fine sand-like inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Near 5YR 8/3
Condition:   Missing parts. 21 joining frgts., stem, complete body to rim profile; half circumference of stem, ca. 1/16 body to rim.
Manufacture:   C68
Dimensions Actual:   D00.109 (stem)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.11
Dimensions Restored:   D00.29-00.30 (rim)
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   78 Middle to late Byzantine
Area:   South Stoa west
Context:   NB170 P50
Provenance:   Constantinople
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0133
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: South Stoa west
Basket: NB170 P50
Notebook Page: NB 170, spread 29 (pp. 49 - 50)