Corinth Object: KP 545
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 545
Title:   PROFILED TREFOIL OINOCHOE, CONVENTIONALIZING STYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   545
Description:   Small-scale trefoil oinochoe of "profiled" type with disk foot, concave undersurface. Squat inverted concave body, with sharply sloping shoulder. Sharp, narrow concave neck with flange flaring to flaring concave lip pinched to form trefoil. Vertical high-strung strap handle attached to shoulder and rim. Compare to KP-126, KP-116.
Decoration:   Conventionalizing style, linear. Solid red slip neck; radiating red lines within two concentric circles on shoulder, alternating black and red bands along body; black slip (now worn) on foot; undecorated undersurface.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact vessel. Preserved handle, body, foot, etc. Brown glaze well preserved; black glaze poorly preserved.
Manufacture:   C22 WM
Weight Description:   0.046
Weight:   0.046
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   3rd or 4th quarter 5th c. BCE
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB106 P36
    NB106 P48
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Stelai shrine A.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 194; Risser 2001; Corinth VII.5, p.114, no.476
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 1965 089 08
Basket: NB106 P36
Basket: NB106 P48
Notebook Page: NB 106bis, spread 23 (pp. 36 - 37)
Notebook Page: NB 106bis, spread 29 (pp. 48 - 49)