INVENTORY CARD, SIDE A: A 1075 - MARBLE LIONHEAD W
OBJECT
Inventory Card, Side A: C 1929 208 - ATTIC RED-FIGURE KRATER RIM
Type
inventory card
Inventory Type
object
Description
Fragment from upper part of a calyx krater. Decoration: Rim zone decorated with chain of leaves. Below, the upper parts of two figures: youthful, beardless Dionysus seated 3/4, reclining on his left elbow. In his right hand a thyrsos. He looks back over his left shoulder at his female companion. Her body is facing, her lifted right arm bent, her head turned profile left. Dionysus is nude from the waist up, she draped. Both wear garlands of white paint, her jewelry, his thyrsos also white. Dilute glaze for hair. Wrist and hand of a thirs figure at viewer's left; possible fingers of a fourth at farthest right.
Interior black glazed with reserved band near top of rim and another lower down.
Chronology
Classical, 4th c. B.C.
Period
Classical Period, Hellenistic Period
Medium
Orange clay, slightly micaceous. Glaze dark brown to black. Added white to yellow paint.
Subject
Greece, Corinth, Archaeology, Antiquities, Ancient civilications, Archaeological object, Archaeological artifact, Pottery
Places
Corinth, Attica
City
Ancient Corinth
Country
Greece
Publisher
Corinth Excavations
Provider
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Language
English
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