kotyle
- Museum number
- 1860,0404.18
- Description
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Pottery Middle-Late Protocorinthian kotyle (cup) decorated with a running hound. The hound is shown in the black-figure technique of silhouette and incision, with areas of added colour. The front of the animal is treated in greater detail than the back. An incised line divides the neck into two areas: the lower is painted with a purplish-red clay, while the upper part was originally coated in yellow, though little of this now survives. Details of the dog's head, including the eyes, ears and muzzle are picked out with incision, as are the shoulder muscles, the joints of the front legs and the claws. Sparse abstract ornament in the form of a dotted rosette in front of the dog, lozenge above its back and the spiral below. Rays rise in two rows from the base.
- Production date
- 670BC-650BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 18.50 centimetres
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Weight: 856 grammes
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Width: 28.20 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G13/dc1)
- Acquisition date
- 1860
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1860,0404.18
