Corinth Object: CP 1497
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 1497
Title:   GREEN AND BROWN PAINTED BOWL
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   1497
Description:   Bowl with ring foot, convex body.
Decoration:   Green and Brown Painted III according to Morgan's classification. White slip on all vessel, thinner on outer surface; central medallion decorated with a slip-palmett motif, framed in brown lines, filled in with green glaze; alternated green and brown painted spyrals on body; thin colourless overglaze on inner surface.
Material:   Fine, medium-hard, fabric, light red in colour with few (0.25-1.5mm) spherical-angular, dark brown inclusions; rare (0.25-0.5 mm) silver sparkling inclusions; rare (0.25-1.5mm) white, spherical-angular inclusions.
Munsell Color:   2.5 YR 6/6 (light red)
Condition:   Missing parts. Single frgt preserves one-third of foot, one-fifth of lower body, missing upper body and rim.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. p. 0.042
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. Foot: 0.09
Weight Description:   0.131
Weight:   0.131
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   1160-1200 (Sanders 2003)
Provenance:   Imported
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2014 1662