1965.09

Corinthian Kotyle

Purchased. Ht 9cm; diam. 12.1cm.

One handle has been broken away and rejoined; the surface is worn. Red-brown to black paint, somewhat misfired. The upper wall and handles are painted solid; the lower wall is reserved and decorated with vertical lines. The foot is painted on the outside but the underside of the vase is reserved and decorated with concentric circles. The inside is painted solid. No added colour is preserved.

The kotyle is of the straight-sided type characteristic of Late Corinthian II in the late sixth century. Compare Corinth. Results of Excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (Princeton 1929-) XIII, pl. 34, 249/2 and see the discussion p.106ff.

Sotheby (London), Sale Cat., 17 May 1965, no. 166; J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U., Canberra, 1981, 22.