Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 10687 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 10687 | |
Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of five dancers moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Each dancer has flat wide strip of clay applied around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, semi-circular face, broad flat short neck curving into long flat strip arms, two pinched together, joining dancers, flattened chest, upper body tilted backward, cylindrical body pinched in slightly before flaring as attaches seamlessly to base. Flat circular base with pared edge. Dancers not equal in height. Fingerprints over whole piece. Similar to KT2-11 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 8 pl. 4) and KT2-7, 8, 9, 10 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4-7 pl. 4). | |
Decoration: | White slip overall. Red paint on neck and face of some figures. | |
Attributes: | Polos, flute | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Several joining pieces preserving most of group. Missing both arms of one dancer. Chips on base and arms. Traces of white slip and paint. | |
Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.081, Diam. Of base 0.090 | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class II no.8 Shrine of Double Stele 1st half of 4th c. B.C.) | |
Area: | Forum northeast | |
Context: | NB232 B1 P143, LOT 0863 | |
NB165 P110, LOT 0863 | ||
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Kokkinovrysi Figurine Deposit | |
Bibliography: | Corinth 20, 2003. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum northeast Images (12) Basket: NB165 P110 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 Notebook Page: NB 232, spread 76 (pp. 142 - 143) |