Corinthian pottery
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Corinthian pottery is a distinctive style of ancient Greek ceramic ware known for its fine clay, intricate orientalizing decoration, and extensive use of animal and mythological friezes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corinthian pottery canonical | 1 |
| Corinthian workshops | 1 |
| Middle Corinthian | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek pottery style
ⓘ
ceramic ware ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSignificance | key chronological marker for the Orientalizing period ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
animal friezes
ⓘ
dense surface ornament ⓘ mythological friezes ⓘ use of added purple and white ⓘ |
| chronologyPhase |
Orientalizing period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early Corinthian
Late Corinthian ⓘ Corinthian pottery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Corinthian
|
| commonShape |
alabastron
ⓘ
amphora ⓘ aryballos ⓘ krater ⓘ oinochoe ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| decorationStyle | orientalizing decoration ⓘ |
| developedIn | Corinth ⓘ |
| exportedTo |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
Etruria ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ |
| floruit |
7th century BCE
ⓘ
early 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy | Attic black-figure pottery ⓘ |
| function |
perfume container
ⓘ
storage vessel ⓘ symposium vessel ⓘ |
| influenced | Attic black-figure pottery ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Egyptian motifs
ⓘ
Near Eastern art ⓘ |
| lineQuality | fine incision ⓘ |
| material | fine buff clay ⓘ |
| motif |
birds
ⓘ
goats ⓘ griffins ⓘ lions ⓘ lotus and palmette chains ⓘ panthers ⓘ rosettes ⓘ sphinxes ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Corinth ⓘ |
| paintingTechnique | black-figure technique ⓘ |
| precededBy | Proto-Corinthian pottery ⓘ |
| productionCenter |
Corinthian pottery
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Corinthian workshops
|
| region | Peloponnese ⓘ |
| surfaceColor | light yellowish ground ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Orientalizing period ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Corinthian workshops
this entity surface form:
Middle Corinthian