7th-6th century BC. A terracotta amphora with body divided into four horizontal registers separated by thick black and red lines; a variety of animals depicted on a yellow background with rosettes; leopards, lions, bulls and geese painted with black slip; their details rendered with a red-purple pigment and incised lines. See Smith, T. Jo., A Companion to Greek Art. 1, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.470 grams, 20cm (8"). Property of an Austrian private collector since the 1970s. Corinth dominated the Mediterranean pottery industry from the second half of the 7th century BC through the first half of the 6th century BC. Corinthian ceramics were typically light yellow or white clay decorated with black, white, and red glazes. This style of pottery often uses Near Eastern, or 'orientalising' motifs, depicting real and mythological animals in registers crowded with incised rosettes. While dot rosettes are typical of Proto-Corinthian ware, 'ripe' Corinthian vessels of the late seventh and early six century BC are characterised by their incised rosettes, using lines to indicate the individual petals.