Corinth Object: MF 10711
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)