KP411 (Ottoman-Early Modern Slip-Painted-Ware Pitcher) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Ottoman Pottery
Typological identification comment
Late Slip-Painted ware. See Vroom2003, pp. 174–175, 215, 225, nos. W 30.2, W 30.5, figs. 6:35, 6:45 (Boiotia, 16th–18th century; example cited from Corinth)
Description
Convex body: jug or pitcher? Curvature suggests fragment from shoulder. Exterior has white slip painted broadly in two lines and a loop and yellow glaze; interior has wheel ridging.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 2.5YR 5/8, red. Slip: white. Glaze: yellow (PMS 1345). Hard, medium-coarse fabric with frequent, small, rounded, white (lime) inclusions and small, angular, gold sparkling inclusions; frequent, small, angular voids. Very thick, even, dull slip. Thick, even, semilustrous glaze shows crazing.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves small part of upper(?) body. Slight, very sparse abra-sion, pitting, and gouging.
Published as
Gregory2022, p. 748, no. 290, fig. 18.6
Preserved height
0.047
Preserved width
0.038
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Modern (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Ottoman (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation
“KP411 (Ottoman-Early Modern Slip-Painted-Ware Pitcher).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kp411>