Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 163 | |
Title: | TURKISH PROCELAIN VASE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 163 | |
Description: | Vase with vertical ring foot, tapered resting surface and convex undersurface, squat globular body tapering to a possible vertical neck. For shape, cf. Iznik Pottery Kiln Excavations, 1989, p. 148. | |
Decoration: | Fine rays on lower body, broad glazed band with red line at bottom, top. 2 thin glaze lines define figured zone: lt. to rt.: 4 front legs of 2 centaurs ? to rt., front pair bent. Tip of head ? of one bent, struck by spear shaft of which in dilute glaze. Legs of lunging nude warrior to lt., with lower edge of shield ? Overlapping his back leg is extended leg of 2nd warrior to rt. Blob rosette, Limited incision for anatomical details. Trace of purple on bent centaur head. Interior glazed. | |
Material: | White paste | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving all of foot, 3/5 of body and start of the neck. | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.062 (body) D00.032 (foot) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.034 | |
Period: | Turkish | |
Chronology: | Late 16th century | |
Area: | Forum northeast | |
Context: | NB165 P33 | |
Provenance: | Iznik | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum northeast Basket: NB165 P33 Notebook Page: NB 165, spread 26 (pp. 32 - 33) |