Corinth Object: KP 2031
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 2031
Title:   MIDDLE CORINTHIAN KOTYLE BY THE PUFFED-UP OWL PAINTER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   2031
Description:   Kotyle with flaring sides.
Decoration:   Black figure style. Main frieze bordered by double lines; thin rays at base. Animal frieze: two large swans with closed wings, r. Filling ornaments: spoked rosettes, incised and unincised blobs.
Material:   Very pale brown clay, fired pinkish orange at top. Rare fine rounded inclusions. Black paint, fired orange brown at top.
Munsell Color:   from 10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown) to 5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Six joining fragments from body.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   Middle Corinthian (595/590-570)
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Northwest angle deposit.
Bibliography:   Corinth 15.3, 522; Benson 1983
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 6379