Carinate is a shape in
pottery
Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a ''potter'' is al ...
,
glassware
upTypical drinkware.
This list of glassware includes drinking vessels (drinkware), tableware used to set a table for eating a meal and generally glass items such as vases, and glasses used in the catering industry. It does not include laboratory ...
and artistic design usually applied to
amphorae
An amphora (; ; English ) is a type of container with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly (and therefore safely) against each other in storage rooms and packages, tied together with rope and delivered by land ...
or vases. The shape is defined by the joining of a rounded base to the sides of an inward sloping vessel. This design is seen in ancient cultures such as recovered in
archaeological
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digs in such sites as the palace of
Knossos
Knossos (; , ; Linear B: ''Ko-no-so'') is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Crete. The site was a major centre of the Minoan civilization and is known for its association with the Greek myth of Theseus and the minotaur. It is located on th ...
in
Minoan
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Crete
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.
[C. Michael Hogan. 2007] An alternative adjectival form of this design is carinated.
See also
*
Fluting
References
* Emmanuel Cooper. 2000. ''Ten Thousand Years of Pottery'', fourth edition, University of Pennsylvania Press, , , 352 pages
* C. Michael Hogan. 2007
''Knossos fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian, ed. J. Cope
Line notes
Bottles
Containers
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