Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1960 358 | |
Title: | SGRAFFITO CHAMPLEVE PLATE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1960 | |
Object Number: | 358 | |
Description: | Plate with shallow convex body. | |
Decoration: | White slip over all. On interior, large medallion with part of belly and wing of bird to rt.; bit of scales for coverts, flight feathers long parallel lines, belly fringed; long legs with hatched band at top, ending in 3 long claws. Elaborate floral filling ornament; background cut back with gouge. Framing band of ovules (?) with dotted center, between plain bands. Glaze over all, fired to a grayish-green in, brighter streaked green out. | |
Material: | Light gray-brown clay with scattered fine to moderate-sized white inclusions, numerous fine pores. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 2.5Y 6/2 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single body frgt., broken all around. | |
Manufacture: | C70 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.072 W00.076 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Byzantine. | |
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Context: | NB217 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southwest Basket: NB217 |