Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | T 3245 | |
Title: | MIDDLE CORINTHIAN OINOCHOE WITH LID | |
Category: | Miscellaneous | |
Category Code: | T | |
Object Number: | 3245 | |
Description: | Flaring ring foot, flat undersurface, ovoid body, nearly flat shoulder, narrow neck with ring at base and at mid height, broad flaring trefoil rim with groove articulating flat lip. Triple-round high-swung handle from shoulder to lip. | |
Decoration: | Red on neck ring; between friezes double dotted band (RW, W, WR - the red wide); red foot. Upper frieze: swan to r. between sphinxes flanked by panthers l. and r.; at r. edge, swan l. Lower frieze (?) siren with spread wings l., between sphinxes with raised wings, flanked by lion, l. and r.; below handle, deer l., lion r. Thick filling ornament, including odd quartered rosettes as well as the usual whirling type. | |
Material: | Greenish-buff clay. | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Numerous joining fragments, complete except for small part of lower body, shoulder, neck; top of handle and adjoining rim RIP. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.19, Diam. foot 0.127, Diam. 0.172 | |
Dimensions Restored: | W. estimated lip 0.10 | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XIII, p. 310, D44-e; CorVP, p. 481. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964 Publication: Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the ... 1988 Image: bw 8238 Image: bw 8239 Image: bw 8240 |