Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MP 6 | |
Title: | CORINTHIAN KYLIX | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | MP | |
Object Number: | 6 | |
Description: | High flaring ring foot, no stem; wide deep bowl with pronounced convex curve, turning in at shoulder to offset, flaring rim. | |
Decoration: | Interior glazed with added purple bands, rosette reserved in center. Exterior: foot glazed; on lower part of bowl three black bands, wide purple band, 3 black bands, animal frieze, with single band at top, and one at lip. Animal frieze: Side A - panther with frontal head, to l. between two sirens; right siren inprofile; left siren looks back over shoulder, one wing back, one wing front. Side B - siren in center with spread wings, to r., looking back over shoulder, between two profile sphinxes. | |
Material: | Buff Corinthian clay, black glaze. | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.066, Diam. rim 0.13, Diam. with handles 0.175 | |
Period: | Middle Corinthian (595/590-570) | |
Chronology: | Late | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 1932, 69, fig. 13; Corinth VII.2, p. 43, no. 139, Late M. Cor.; Amyx, CORVP, by Painter of MP 6, MC | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the ... 1988 Images (8) |