| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 2003 8 | |
| Title: | CORINTHIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 2003 | |
| Object Number: | 8 | |
| Description: | Bell krater with hemispherical body. | |
| Decoration: | Black glazed interior and exterior background; dark red slip on exterior used for figural decoration; wave pattern topped by single horizontal band used as groundline; foot placed on rock to left of column shaft and base; cloak hangs to left of foot and rock; similar to the work of the "Hermes Painter" (Corinth VII.iv); red slip is notably darker than in other Corinthian RF; wave pattern is relatively unusual (cf. C-72-170A for similar example from "Hermes Painter"); ankle is anatomically correct, unlike some other Corinthian RF painters. | |
| Mythology: | Oedipus & Sphinx | |
| Material: | Fine pale pinkish yellow clay with rare medium red rounded inclusions and rare fine sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 7/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment preserving small part of body, broken on all sides; glaze worn. | |
| Manufacture: | C20 WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | T00.007 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.050 W00.053 | |
| Weight Description: | 00.020 | |
| Weight: | 00.020 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | Last decade of 5th cent./first quarter of 4th cent. (span of "Hermes Painter" 's work) | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB955 B54 P123, LOT 2003 034 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 2003 014 05 Basket: NB955 B54 P123 Notebook Page: NB 955, spread 66 (pp. 123 - 124) |
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