Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1962 400 | |
Title: | MIDDLE CORINTHIAN TREFOIL OINOCHOE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1962 | |
Object Number: | 400 | |
Description: | Ovoid body on ring-foot; neck slightly concave to trefoil mouth; double coil handle from shoulder arches to rim. | |
Decoration: | Animal frieze of deer, panther and goose on shoulder; remainder glazed except for zone of ray pattern above foot. Interior of mouth glazed. Underside of foot decorated with concentric circles. cf. Necrocorinthia, p. 32 fig. 10 G and H for shape; probably towards in the end of Middle Corinthian period. | |
Material: | Buff clay; decoration in black glaze, misfired to red throughout, and superposed red paint. | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Complete profile preserved; restored in plaster. | |
Dimensions Actual: | Ht. 0.225; Ht. including handle 0.262; Diam 0.185. | |
Period: | Middle Corinthian (595/590-570) | |
Chronology: | Probably towards the end of the Middle Corinthian Period | |
Bibliography: | Corinth VII.2 An 36; Amyx CorVP Gelidakis Ptr. Mcor A.39 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the ... 1988 Images (4) |