| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1938 753 | |
| Title: | CORINTHIAN RED-FIGURE KRATER | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1938 | |
| Object Number: | 753 | |
| Description: | Bell krater with convex lower body. | |
| Decoration: | Red-figure on exterior: lower border of maeander; reserved ground line; lt. to rt., leg of figure striding or lunging to lt., foot resting on toes only; figure wears legging decorated with rows of horizontal lines crossed by groups of vertical lines, and soleless boot with loops for lacings; in front of this foot is an unintelligible object just above ground painted white; behind boot is leg of second figure standing with legs apart, wearing legging decorated with black zigzags alternating with rows of dots; at upper rt. break a round white object. Added red in reserved portions. Interior black glazed. | |
| Material: | Fine buff clay with pale pinkish cast where thickest, without visible inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Slightly redder than 10YR 8/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving lower body; glaze well preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | C20 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.072 W00.075 | |
| Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Area: | South Stoa west | |
| Context: | NB183 P117 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa west Image: bw 1998 030 05 Basket: NB183 P117 |
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