Kothon

Object Number:

L-64-7

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Corinthian

Provenience:

Italy
South Italy

Manufacture Location:

Corinth

Period:

Late Corinthian II

Date Made:

550-500 BC

Early Date:

-550

Late Date:

-500

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Ceramic

Description:

Intact. Broad ring foot; lenticular body profile; broad hole mouth; horizontal strap handle, ends recurving, set at mid-point of circumference. For the most part unglazed, with creamy slip. Glaze decoration as follows: wheel-painted band and 2 wheel-painted lines on underside of foot; band around outer edge of foot; narrow band around lower wall; 4 lines around outer shoulder; tear shaped drops around inner shoulder; interior glazed below mouth with spiral line in center.

Credit Line:

Loaned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Other Number:

82-28

Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

Bibliography:

[Article] Hall, Edith H. 1906. "Greek and Italian Pottery". Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum. 4 (16 (October)): 53-57. : Page/Fig./Plate: 55

[Book] Schaus, Gerald P. and J. L. Benson. 1995. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: The University Museum. University Museum 2; USA 29. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 56, Pl. 35:1

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