Kothon

Museum number:
8-3279
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Corinthian black-figure kothon; horizontal spurred handle, low ring foot; some small chips in foot; clay slightly browner than usual; glaze browned; sparse linear decoration on light ground; around mouth, “broken zigzag” between glaze lines; underneath, concentric circles with central dot; interior plain, save for disk within ring on bottom.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Kothon, accession number 8-3279, described as Corinthian black-figure kothon; horizontal spurred handle, low ring foot; some small chips in foot; clay slightly browner than usual; glaze browned; sparse linear decoration on light ground; around mouth, “broken zigzag” between glaze lines; underneath, concentric circles with central dot; interior plain, save for disk within ring on bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Kothon, accession number 8-3279, described as Corinthian black-figure kothon; horizontal spurred handle, low ring foot; some small chips in foot; clay slightly browner than usual; glaze browned; sparse linear decoration on light ground; around mouth, “broken zigzag” between glaze lines; underneath, concentric circles with central dot; interior plain, save for disk within ring on bottom.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Kothon, accession number 8-3279, described as Corinthian black-figure kothon; horizontal spurred handle, low ring foot; some small chips in foot; clay slightly browner than usual; glaze browned; sparse linear decoration on light ground; around mouth, “broken zigzag” between glaze lines; underneath, concentric circles with central dot; interior plain, save for disk within ring on bottom.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Kothon, accession number 8-3279, described as Corinthian black-figure kothon; horizontal spurred handle, low ring foot; some small chips in foot; clay slightly browner than usual; glaze browned; sparse linear decoration on light ground; around mouth, “broken zigzag” between glaze lines; underneath, concentric circles with central dot; interior plain, save for disk within ring on bottom.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Kothon, accession number 8-3279, described as Corinthian black-figure kothon; horizontal spurred handle, low ring foot; some small chips in foot; clay slightly browner than usual; glaze browned; sparse linear decoration on light ground; around mouth, “broken zigzag” between glaze lines; underneath, concentric circles with central dot; interior plain, save for disk within ring on bottom.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Kothon, accession number 8-3279, described as Corinthian black-figure kothon; horizontal spurred handle, low ring foot; some small chips in foot; clay slightly browner than usual; glaze browned; sparse linear decoration on light ground; around mouth, “broken zigzag” between glaze lines; underneath, concentric circles with central dot; interior plain, save for disk within ring on bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kothon, accession number 8-3279, described as Corinthian black-figure kothon; horizontal spurred handle, low ring foot; some small chips in foot; clay slightly browner than usual; glaze browned; sparse linear decoration on light ground; around mouth, “broken zigzag” between glaze lines; underneath, concentric circles with central dot; interior plain, save for disk within ring on bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kothon, accession number 8-3279, described as Corinthian black-figure kothon; horizontal spurred handle, low ring foot; some small chips in foot; clay slightly browner than usual; glaze browned; sparse linear decoration on light ground; around mouth, “broken zigzag” between glaze lines; underneath, concentric circles with central dot; interior plain, save for disk within ring on bottom.

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