| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1947 269 | |
| Title: | CORINTHIAN BOLSTER KRATER | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1947 | |
| Object Number: | 269 | |
| Description: | Bolster krater with foot in two degrees, flat resting surface. Deep body with flaring convex profile, horizontal outturned rim. 2 horizontal bolster handles just below rim, one pierced vertically in middle. | |
| Decoration: | Dull black glaze interior and exterior with two horizontal incised lines on the upper part of the body, the higher of which is irregular. Tendril pattern with leaves in applied white between two bands and a band just beneath the lip. Incised loops under handles. | |
| Material: | Fine, non-micaceous clay, hard-fired buff. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/2 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Mended from many frgts., more than four-fifths complete, both handles. Glaze worn. | |
| Manufacture: | WM 23 Glazed | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.168 D00.089 (foot) D00.308 (rim) | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | Hellenistic third-quarter third century B.C. | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB195 P46 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth VII.3 N189 P46 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Edwards, Corinth 7:3, 1975 Monument: South Stoa Images (5) Basket: NB195 P46 Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 28 (pp. 45 - 46) |
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