Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KH 53 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF A SEATED KORE WITH DOVE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KH | |
Object Number: | 53 | |
Description: | Mould for a seated, draped, female figure. Arms indistinct, but holding dove in lap with right arm, left rests on knee. High polos, details of face indistinct. Draped to ankles, but details of drapery indistinct. Chair solid at sides with projecting back just below shoulders of figure. Similar to KH 51 (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 53) from the cooridor north of the Altar Room in the Terracotta Factory and KH 52 (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 54), also from Deposit 3. Handmade from worn model; two layers of clay. | |
Decoration: | Undecorated. | |
Material: | Fine pink to reddish yellow clay with few fine, rounded inclusions and rare fine voids | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/4 (pink) to 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Ten joining frgts preserving most of body, except lower left side, part of the center of the upper body, and uppwer left side of back of mould. Mould fairly indistinct due to wear or copying. | |
Manufacture: | F02 F HM | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | ca. 450-425 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. 55 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Basket: NB114 P21 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 15 (pp. 20 - 21) |