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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KP 14 | | Title: | | MIDDLE CORINTHIAN KOTYLE BY THE PAINTER OF KP 14 | | Category: | | Pottery | | Category Code: | | KP | | Object Number: | | 14 | | Description: | | Kotyle with flaring ring foot, flat undersurface, hemispherical body, tapered vertical lip. Two horizontal loop handles. | | Decoration: | | Black-figure orientalizing style. Three fine and one broad bands on undersurface. Broad band on either side of foot, fine band on resting surface. Three friezes: rays; animal frieze bordered by two broad lines; short wavy vertical lines, broad line along lip. Main panel shows capricorn, panther and bird facing left, following panther facing right. Bodies elongated, incised detail, red-brown paint on features (belly, neck, wing). Frieze filled by rosettes, dots of various size and shape, all incised. Half of vessel is misfired - orange and red paint instead of black. Interior solid black, orange where misfired. | | Material: | | Very fine pale brown clay, with rare, large, rounded inclusions and rare, medium, rounded voids. | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 7/4 (very pale brown) | | Condition: | | Complete profile. Several frgts., preserving foot (chip restored), nearly whole body, both handles. About 16% of lip restored. RIP. | | Manufacture: | | C18 WM | | Weight Description: | | 0.610 (with plaster) | | Weight: | | 0.610 | | Period: | | Middle Corinthian (595/590-570) | | Chronology: | | based on Corinth 20 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter. Well I. | | Bibliography: | | Brownlee 2003, Corinth 20, p. 186 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Images (5)
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