Corinth Object: MF 1896
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)