Carinate

This article is about the pottery shape. For the group in bird taxonomy, see Carinatae. For the morphological term, see Glossary of botanical terms § keel.

Carinate is a shape in pottery, glassware and artistic design usually applied to amphorae or vases. The shape is defined by the joining of a rounded base to the sides of an inward sloping vessel.^[1] This design is seen in ancient cultures such as recovered in archaeological digs in such sites as the palace of Knossos in Minoan Crete.^[2] An alternative adjectival form of this design is carinated.

Argaric carinated vessel (Bronze Age)

See also

• Fluting

References

• Emmanuel Cooper. 2000. Ten Thousand Years of Pottery, fourth edition, University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 0-8122-3554-1, ISBN 978-0-8122-3554-8, 352 pages
• C. Michael Hogan. 2007. Knossos fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian, ed. J. Cope

Line notes

1. Emmanuel Cooper. 2000
2. C. Michael Hogan. 2007