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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11490 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11490 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of four dancers moving in circle with arms joined. Each dancer has flat strip of clay applied around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, semi-circular face, broad short neck, flattened chest, short flattened small strips as arms joining dancers, upper body tilted outward slightly, cylindrical body flaring as attaches to base. Flat rounded rectangular base with edges roughly pared. Fingerprints on chests and heads. Similar in size and style 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 at base at back of rightmost dancer. | |
| Attributes: | Polos | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with rare fine sparkling and rare medium tabular angular white inclusions and rare medium tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Paint: 10R 6/6 (light red) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Several joining pieces (base piece joined from Lot 864 in 2007) preserving three dancers and part of base. Small section of arm missing between two dancers. Chipped. Base RIP. Traces of white slip and paint. Slightly encrusted. Rough construction. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.089, Th. Of base 0.005, Th. Of body 0.013 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. 0.082 | |
| 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 1965 010 27 Basket: NB232 B2 P143 |
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