| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KH 50 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF A KORE HOLDING DOVE | |
| Category: | Minor Finds | |
| Category Code: | KH | |
| Object Number: | 50 | |
| Description: | Mould for a draped female figure standing with weight balanced. Right arm bend at elbow and holding dove, left arm slightly bent and holding round fruit. High polos over rounded crown of hair. Facial features indistinct. Wearing chiton with long overfold and himation with swallowtail folds at each side. Skirt closely pleated but very indistinct. Possibly made from a worn model. Indistinct features complicate assigning parallels, but possibly produced KT 4-42 to KT 4-55, although some of these may be from an earlier iteration in this series. | |
| Decoration: | Undecorated. | |
| Material: | Fine, reddish yellow clay with few small white inclusions and rare fine voids | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Six joining frgts, modern plaster fill at shoulders, top of head, and left side. Some flaking. Mould fairly worn. | |
| Manufacture: | F02 F | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 37, p. 105) | |
| 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. 52 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: bw 4028 Basket: NB114 P21 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 15 (pp. 20 - 21) |
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