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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KH 52 | | Title: | | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF A SEATED KORE WITH DOVE | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KH | | Object Number: | | 52 | | 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 53 (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 55), also from Deposit 3. May have produced KT 7-20 (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. XI, 5) from the Shrine of the the Double Stele, as well as two figurines from the Circular South Shrine, but they more likely came from an earlier (and therefore, larger) version of this mould. Handmade from model, two layers of clay. | | Decoration: | | Undecorated. | | Material: | | Fine clay, pink on surface with reddish yellow core, with few medium, white subrounded inclusions and few medium voids | | Munsell Color: | | 7.5YR 8/4 (pink) to 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | | Condition: | | Missing parts. Four joining frgts, complete except for two small missing frgts on either side of lower legs. Mould indistinct or worn. | | Manufacture: | | F02 F HM | | Period: | | 4th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | ca. 350-325 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. 54 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Basket: NB114 P21
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 15 (pp. 20 - 21)
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