Corinth Object: KP 887
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 887
Title:   MIDDLE CORINTHIAN KOTYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   887
Description:   Deep body kotyle, broad rim, incurving sides at rim, broad high ring foot.
Decoration:   Black figure style. One horizontal line below lip; vertical wavy lines at rim; main frieze bordered by double line; rays at base; inner and outer edge of foot painted; resting surface reserved; undersurface with three concentric circles. Interior in solid color with a reserved band at lip. Handles painted. Animal frieze: two confronted panthers on one side, goat on the other. Animals have short legs, heavy and elongated bodies. Filling ornaments: spoked rosettes, spots, blobs with incised crosses or parallel incisions. Black paint and applied purple.
Material:   Pinkish brown clay.
Munsell Color:   7.5 YR 8/4 (pink)
Condition:   Missing parts. Missing one handle, two-thirds of rim, fragments from body and base. Restored.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   Middle Corinthian (595/590-570)
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. East deposit.
Bibliography:   Corinth 15.3, 541; Benson 1983
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (4)