Corinth Object: T 1582
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   T 1582
Title:   MIDDLE CORINTHIAN BOTTLE
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   T
Object Number:   1582
Old Number:   P 808
Description:   Bottle with round bottom, globular body, tall narrow neck tapering upward. Ridge at base of neck, two holes for suspension below plain lip.
Decoration:   On neck, from top body: bands of Z-pattern, net, vertical zigzag; on body tongue pattern, Z-pattern, row of dots; below frieze, row of dots, on bottom whirligig. Frieze: on either side between panthers, dancer to lt., looking back. Incised zigzag down thigh of figures. Purple chitons of dancers; also on necks, bellies, hips of panthers; the alternate arms of the whirling are also purple, but laid not on black but directly on the surface of the clay.
Material:   Clay fine Corinthian pale yellow.
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact.
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.125, Diam. max. 0.087
Bibliography:   Corinth XIII, p. 182, n. 157-h; Amyx, CorVP, p. 501.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964
Publication: Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the ... 1988
Image: bw 1962 086 06
Image: bw 1962 086 07
Image: bw 1962 086 08