| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | FA 20 | |
| Title: | ARCHAIC PALMETTE ANTEFIX FROM COMBINATION CORINTHIAN TILE | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | FA | |
| Object Number: | 20 | |
| Description: | Archaic palmette antefix at end of triangular cover which provides rectangular face below free-standing 7-petal palmette, leaves alternating red and black, vertical leaf black; light ground. Stems below palmette ogee type, gathered by broad band under spherical-triangular palmette center; tendrils curl to round top edge of rectangular face below palmette. Inverted three-leaf flower between tendrils recessed, as A-102. Close to A-16, A-12, A-102. | |
| Material: | Yellowish buff with pink core, mudstone particles, yellowish buff slip; purple and brownish-black glaze. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Broken around edges, missing all of lower right side, left side intact, missing cover (except a trace) and pan. Paint well preserved, but flaked. NOTE: Feb. 24, 1981 - Fell off shelf in Asklepion Room and damaged during earthquake. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W. of palmette 0.195 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.31 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | W. 0.262 | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Chronology: | 6th c. B.C. | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth IV.1, p. 49; Roebuck, Hesperia 1990, p. 55, n. 45; Cited Winter Archterr | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Roebuck, Hesperia 59:1, 1990 Publication: Winter, Greek Architectural Terracottas: ... 1994 |