Corinth Object: C 1935 996
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1935 996
Title:   MOULDED RELIEF BOWL: SUPPORT
Category Code:   C
Year:   1935
Object Number:   996
Old Number:   Originally inventoried as C-1935-116 C and later published as C-35-116 A but part of different vase. Reinventoried Jan., 2001.
Description:   Large moulded relief bowl with base of hemispherical body decorated, apparently with long petals, of which parts of two preserved; each petal has convex surface, framed by thin fillets. Bowl supported by tragic masks, one of which preserved. Head has hair gathered in a roll that circles head, over which a thick fillet, mouth open.
Decoration:   Glaze misfired light red-brown over exterior, fired black on interior.
Material:   Fine buff Corinthian clay.
Munsell Color:   Near 10YR 7/3
Condition:   Fragment. Single fragment. Small part of lower body, complete support. Glaze worn.
Manufacture:   MW
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.047, W. 0.055
Period:   Hellenistic
Area:   Forum southeast
Context:   NB148 P105
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth VII.3, p. 173, no. 887 (published as C-1935-116 A).
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southeast