Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 1896 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: RECLINING BANQUETER | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 1896 | |
Description: | Mouldmade hollow figurine of reclining banqueter: reclines with legs to proper rt., rt. arm over legs, lt. bent on pillow, holding bowl. Wears low polos, shoulder-length hair, moustache and beard; Himation covering body from ca. waist down and lt. forearm, with gathered folds around hips; lt. leg turned out flat against couch, rt. extended. couch draped. figure has handmade back from polos to chest, open below that. Flat resting surface. | |
Decoration: | White slip over all. Traces of red paint on skin parts, beard. | |
Mythology: | Hero? | |
Attributes: | Polos Phiale | |
Material: | Fine light brown clay with slight mica. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly redder than 7.5YR 6/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Five joining frgts., preserving figure from head to knees, couch below; broken at proper right; also missing part of top of couch with drapery, lower corner, side of couch, RiP. | |
Manufacture: | F06 M MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.127 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.088 | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | 5? 68? 4th BC or later, context 3-2nd BC | |
Area: | South Stoa | |
Context: | NB135 P63 | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 303 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: South Stoa Image: bw 3655 Image: bw 2001 005 01a Basket: NB135 P63 Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 36 (pp. 62 - 63) |