| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1938 423 | |
| Title: | PROTOMAIOLICA BOWL WITH BLUE FISH | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1938 | |
| Object Number: | 423 | |
| Description: | Bowl with vertical ring foot, flattened resting surface and undersurface. Straight flaring body rising at 45 degrees to H. 0.03, turning up vertically to to H. 0.048, to broad oblique outturned rim. | |
| Decoration: | White slip on interior and over rim. Painted on floor, large fish in blue, to lt., with black outline, pair of black lines offsetting head and tail, black lines denoting fins, 2 rows of black strokes along axis of body. Possible floral motifs in field in pale paint. 2 black circumference lines below rim, 1 on rim, with possible wavy line or guilloche in blue. Tin glaze over slip. | |
| Material: | Sandy greenish-yellow clay, fired pale pink at core with frequent voids, rare red, black inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/2 | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Six joining frgts., complete profile except for lip; 2/3 foot, ca. half body, 2/5 rim without lip. Encrusted. | |
| Manufacture: | C74 | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 2nd half 13th c. | |
| Area: | St. John's south | |
| Context: | NB181 P492 | |
| Provenance: | South Italy | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: St. John's south Basket: NB181 P492 Notebook Page: NB 181, spread 50 (pp. 491 - 492) |
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