Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 14353 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 14353 | |
Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of five to six dancers moving in circle with arms joined around central figure (flutist). Each figure has cylindrical body flaring into two pinched splayed feet attaching to base with additional clay wrapped around feet. Flat circular base with roughly smoothed edge. Similar to MF-11510, MF-14357, KT2-7, 8, 9, 10 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4-7 pl. 4). | |
Decoration: | White slip overall. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling, few medium tabular angular white inclusions and few small tabular angular voids | |
Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Six joining pieces preserving lower body of two dancers, stump of a dancer, stump of flutist and half of base. Incrusted. Chipped. Traces of white slip. | |
Manufacture: | F 32 HM | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. Of base 0.005, Th. Of body 0.011, Diam. 0.098 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H.0.050 | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class II no. 8 dancer from 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 29a Basket: NB232 B2 P143 |