Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KH 49 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF A KORE WITH DOVE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KH | |
Object Number: | 49 | |
Description: | (On display. Described in part from card and publications). Mould for a draped female figure, standing with weight balanced; right arm bent at elbow and holding dove, left arm bent slightly with closed fingers. Broad polos over hair, which is grooved vertically above forehead and horizontally as it falls to the shoulders. Face thin and triangular. Wearing chiton with long overfold and himation with swallowtail folds on either side. Very finely pleated skirt with one broad pleat at center. Square base. Hollow, representing only the front of the figure. Handmade from model. | |
Decoration: | Undecorated. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Incised letters on back, Greek: | |
Material: | Soft brown clay | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Fairly crisp mould. | |
Manufacture: | F02 F HM | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 37, p. 105), based on deposit. | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P21 | |
Provenance: | Corinth. | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Northwest Room, Deposit 3. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 51 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Basket: NB114 P21 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 15 (pp. 20 - 21) |