Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | T 735 | |
Title: | ATTIC RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS | |
Category: | Miscellaneous | |
Category Code: | T | |
Object Number: | 735 | |
Old Number: | P-0258 | |
Description: | Lekythos with disk foot with narrow resting surface, concave inner face, articulated from undersurface by fine ridge. Attenuated globular body curving into low sloping shoulder; neck offset by shallow plastic ring; tall narrow neck, straight flaring rim, thickened flat lip. Vertical strap handle from shoulder to base of rim. | |
Decoration: | Black glaze over all except face of foot and underside; red-figure palmette on body opposite handle: 11 petals with pointed central leaf, 2 concentric arcs for heart; rests on ground line, set in pointed arch, single large upright petal and circle to either side. Possible red wash on underside. | |
Material: | Fine red-brown clay. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact; glaze chipped on rim. | |
Manufacture: | C20 WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.101 D00.048 (foot) D00.061 (max) D00.033 (rim) | |
Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | End 5th c. B.C. | |
Area: | North Cemetery | |
Context: | NB388 P117 | |
Provenance: | Attica | |
Bibliography: | Blegen 1964, Corinth 13, cat. 422-13; Corinth VII.4, p.74, no.187Q | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964 Monument: North Cemetery Image: bw 6565 Basket: NB388 P117 |