Corinth Object: CP 885
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 885
Title:   ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMLESS CUP
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   885
Description:   Stemless kylix. Cf. Deposit Index.
Decoration:   Decorated in interior with: Dionysis, seated, holding thyrsos, before him a dancing maenad, satyr (?). Maenad wears satyr breeches. Dionysos seated on klismos, himation loosely draped about legs. Garlanded with laurel, holds thyrsos in right hand. Surrounding border of stopped maeanders interspersed with dotted checker. Relief contour for back of front leg of klismos. Much preliminary sketch. Dilute glaze for hair, D's beard, tail and hair of breeches.
Material:   Pinkish buff clay, black glaze.
Condition:   Complete profile. Mended from many fragments, complete profile.
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.018, Diam. 0.152
Area:   Julian Basilica
Context:   NB81 P311
Provenance:   Attica
Findspot Description:   Well V, South aisle of "East Building"
Bibliography:   Corinth VII.4, p.22, ref.66 + p.70, ref.29; Hesperia 45(4), p.369, no.48; Paralipomena, p.500; ARV 2, p.1519, no.3; AJA 1930, p.339, fig.4; B. Simon, p.253, pl 9; City of Images, p.198; LIMC, 842
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Luce, American Journal of Archaeolog34:3... 1930
Monument: Julian Basilica
Images (4)
Basket: NB81 P311
Notebook Page: NB 81, spread 65 (pp. 310 - 311)