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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11489a | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11489 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | MF 11489 B | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of five dancers moving in circle with arms joined. Two dancers have wide flat strip of clay applied around front of head as large polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, and semi-circular face. Each dancer has broad long neck, flattened chest, short flat strips as arms join dancers, upper body tilted outward slightly, cylindrical body flaring into two pinched splayed rounded feet as attaches to base. Flat circular base, slightly concave, with pared and smoothed edge. 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 | |
| Attributes: | Polos | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling and rare small tabular angular white inclusions and rare medium tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Several joining pieces (1 dancer, part of base joined and another dancer associated by fabric from Lot 864 in 2007) preserving 4 dancers, 1 missing head, 2 without arms, other with part of rt, and part of base. Chipped base. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.082, Th. Of base 0.003-0.004, Th. Of body 0.012 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. O.088 | |
| 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: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB232 B2 P143, LOT 0864 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 2007 032 27a Basket: NB232 B2 P143 |
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