Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/REDMG:1953.25.4

Accession_Number

REDMG:1953.25.4

Shape

Skyphos

Shape_description

Plain rim, below which are attached two horizontal round handles; curved sides, nearly vertical at the top and tapering more sharply towards the angled ring foot. Shape corresponds to Corinth black-glazed skyphoi, group iii, although the pattern on this skyphos is quite different.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 6/4

Decoration

Exterior: white zone extending down 2.0 cm, perhaps with further decoration. Black below handles, on which two red bands are painted, just below the red zone. Red band on exterior of foot; otherwise foot and underside reserved. Interior: black with red bands, one half way down the wall, the other encircling the bottom.

Inscriptions

Condition

Comprised of six or more rejoined pieces. Missing one rim chip, near one handle; deposits on interior, around rim, and on handles.

Technique/Style

Black glaze; overpainted

Provenance

Period

Late Archaic

Date

525-500

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

	Side view of a Corinthian skyphos.
2003.93.0179.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian skyphos
2003.93.0325.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian skyphos.
2003.97.0227.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian skyphos.
2003.97.0228.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian skyphos.
2003.97.0229.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing the black interior.
2003.97.0230.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing the reserved underside.
2004.99.0201.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian skyphos.
2004.99.0202.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing one of the handles.
2004.99.0203.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian skyphos.
2004.99.0204.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing one of the handles.
2004.99.0205.jpg	Oblique view of a Corinthian skyphos.
2004.99.0206.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing the interior.
2004.99.0207.jpg	Top view of the bottom of a Corinthian skyphos, showing the base.