Corinth Object: C 1934 265
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 265
Title:   BYZANTINE CHAMPLEVE PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   265
Description:   Plate with high, heavy vertical ring foot, flat resting surface, recessed, flat undersurface. Body rises at ca. 20 degrees.
Decoration:   White slip over all. On interior, possible horse moving lt., preserved from base of neck to hindquarters, with fringed band circling base of neck, longincised tail. Belly and rt. foreleg of second horse ? moving rt., with leg overlapping first animal. incised scallops at top of leg. To rt. extended human forearm and hand. Possibly centaur ? Elaborate floral spray background. Glaze yellow on interior, green on exterior.
Mythology:   Centaur ?
Material:   Fine reddish-brown clay with frequent fine to coarse pores, rare fine white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 5/4 to slightly redder
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., 1/8 foot, floor, lower half of body.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.055
Dimensions Restored:   D00.13 (foot)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late 12th to early 13th c.
Area:   South Basilica
Context:   South Basilica, From Byzantine fill over South Basilica
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N1684
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: South Basilica
Basket: South Basilica, From Byzantine fill over South Basilica
Notebook Page: NB 142, spread 27 (pp. 44 - 45)