Corinth Object: CP 1660
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 1660
Title:   ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE WHITE GROUND LEKYTHOS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   1660
Description:   Body fragment of a large, cylindrical lekythos.
Decoration:   Horseman to right, wearing linen corselet over short chiton. Drapery hangs from his left arm; he holds two spears and reins(?) in his right hand. Part of horse's neck and mane at right edge of fragment. Red: two stripes on hanging drapery. White: corselet, chiton, dots on lower edge of hanging drapery.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., broken all around. Black glaze and second white badly flaking.
Manufacture:   C18 C16 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.057, W. 0.05
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   ca. 500 B.C.
Provenance:   Attica
Bibliography:   Brownlee, Hesperia 64.3, 1995, cat. 179.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Brownlee, Hesperia 64:3, 1995