Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 10711 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: STANDING FEMALE WITH BIRD AND FRUIT | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 10711 | |
Description: | Terracotta solid mouldmade standing female with slightly flaring polos with covex top, short curls frame forehead, long hair flows down to shoulders, oblong face, large eyes, prominent wide nose, triangular neck slightly pinched back, sloping rt shoulder, square lt shoulder, rt arm held tight to side, bent at elbow with forearm held across breast holding a bird (thin short neck, round chest, long rectangular body and tail), thumb separated from fingers, lt arm held tight to side bent at elbow with forearm across belly and lt hand bent up holding fruit (pomegranate?). Wears peplos with round neck, low curving overfold with scalloped edge, long vertical folds fall from below waist to overfold, long sleeve loops falls from forearms below and then up to overfold, and long even vertical folds fall straight from below overfold flaring slightly at hem to pool over to of feet. Feet flat on projecting rectangular base. Frontal mould with large depression on back with fingerprints visible. Untrimmed extra clay on lt side. Similar to KT4-106 (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, Class X cat. 28). Standing Kore with Dove and Fruit Type. | |
Attributes: | Polos bird fruit | |
Material: | Fine pink clay with frequent fine sparkling, rare large tabular angular gray, and few medium to large tabular angular white inclusions and few medium tabular angular voids | |
Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 8/3 (pink) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Single frgt., heavily worn and chipped. Traces of white slip. | |
Manufacture: | F02 F MM | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | 5th to 4th c. B.C., Corinth 15.2, Class X, cat.. 28 Shrine of Double Stele--1st half of 4th c. B.C | |
Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
Context: | NB232 B3 P144 | |
NB232 B2 P143 | ||
NB232 B2 P143, LOT 0865 | ||
LOT 0864 | ||
LOT 0865 | ||
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 002 29 Basket: NB232 B2 P143 Basket: NB232 B3 P144 Notebook Page: NB 232, spread 76 (pp. 142 - 143) |