Corinth Object: LOT 1973 69:4 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | LOT 1973 69:4 | | Title: | | CONVEX PYXIS WITH HANDLES AND VERTICAL RIM | | Category: | | Pottery | | Category Code: | | LOT | | Year: | | 1973 | | Object Number: | | 69 | | Description: | | Rounded body; sloping shoulder; vertical rim. | | Decoration: | | On body black, red, black bands, unlinked lotuses and palmettes consisting of spiky black palmettes and wide black lotuses with red central flowers. Black line, narrow red band, exterior of rim black. | | Munsell Color: | | 7.5YR 8/4 | | Condition: | | Fragment. Several joining fragments preserve profile of most of body to rim. Handles not preserved. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H. 0.078 | | Dimensions Restored: | | D. of shoulder 0.120 | | Period: | | 5th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | The context is dated to the 5th century, but the lower body of this pyxis still has a convex curve and the style of the lotus-palmette frieze suggests a date in the second quarter or middle of the 5th century. | | Bibliography: | | Corinth VII.5, p.45, no.53 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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