Corinth Object: KP 16
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 16
Title:   MIDDLE CORINTHIAN KOTYLE BY THE PAINTER OF KP 14
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   16
Description:   Broad kotyle, with slightly incurved rim, high flaring ring foot. Horizontal loop handles.
Decoration:   Black figure style. Horizontal band al lip; vertical wavy lines at rim. Animal frieze bordered by double bands: duck, r., owl, r., panther, r., boar, r., panther, l. Thin rays at base; outer and inner edges of foot painted; undersurface with concentric bands. Interior painted solid except for a reserved band al lip. Handles reserved. Filling ornaments: large spoked rosettes, blobs with cross, triangular or single incisions, dots. Elongated dachshund animals.
Material:   Buff clay. Brownish black paint, fired light brown at top, and applied purple paint.
Munsell Color:   10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Missing fragments from rim, body, base. Restored.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   Middle Corinthian (595/590-570)
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Well I.
Bibliography:   Corinth 15.3, 582; Benson 1983; Corinth 20, 2003
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (5)