| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 2004 6a | |
| Title: | LATE CORINTHIAN COLUMN-KRATER | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 2004 | |
| Object Number: | 6 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | C 2004 006B, C, D, E | |
| Description: | Column-krater with flaring ring foot, ovoid body with maximum diameter above the median, tapering in to a tall cylindrical neck sharply distinguished from the body with a thin ring of clay accentuating the join, neck ends in a squared rim concave on the vertical face which is also undercut and pointed, handles in the form of two arched upright members round in section attached on shoulder supporting on top a vertical rectangular plaque attached at almost a 90 degree angle to a flat rectangular plaque attached to the rim. | |
| Decoration: | On exterior black-glazed overall except for reserved surfaces covered in orange wash; undersurface of foot plain, reserved zone around foot containing rays, followed by wide black bands framing reserved zone with lotus and palmette chain alternately reversed (H. 0.06), with added white dots on the lotus and palmette hearts and with added purple on the lotus calykes; traces of two added purple bands at root of handle, reserved panel with small trace of decoration between handles; groups of alternating black and purple tongues hanging at intervals from neck and body join; stepped zigzags on vertical face of rim; added purple on sides of handle-plates; interior solidly black glazed with two added purple bands framed by added white lines running around the circumference of the neck. Cf. Amyx, Corinthian Vase-painting of the Archaic Period, 1988, pl. 120 (Sphortos Painter). | |
| Material: | Fine very pale brown clay fired reddish yellow at core with few medium to very large spherical angular white and spherical rounded black and red inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown), Core: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Numerous joining fragments preserving small part of body, one quarter rim and neck, handle-plate. Glaze mostly well-preserved, worn particularly along the edges. Non-join. frgts of rim, bs (964-68, Lot 04-17) and 6 bs from Lot 04-19 left in Lot 04-19. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W. of handle-plate 0.107 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.106 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. of rim 0.41 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.980 | |
| Weight: | 0.980 | |
| Period: | Late Corinthian | |
| Area: | Panaghia east | |
| Context: | NB964 B66 P137 | |
| NB964 B67 P139 | ||
| NB960 B74 P150 | ||
| NB964 B67 P139, LOT 2004 045 | ||
| LOT 2004 019 | ||
| LOT 2004 045 | ||
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia east Image: bw 2005 005 01a Basket: NB960 B74 P150 Basket: NB964 B66 P137 Basket: NB964 B67 P139 |
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