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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 490 | | Title: | | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF RECLINING FIGURE | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 490 | | Old Number: | | MF-1025 (number lapsed) | | Description: | | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of reclining male(?) figure (banqueter) with indistinguishable features. Figure's body extends to proper left. Left elbow rests on pillow, which rests on rectangular bed; right hand rests on raised right knee. Chest bare; himation or drapery begins at mid-torso and extends into lower body. Body and head painted in white slip; part of drapery possibly painted red. Back flat and unmodelled, with raking tool marks. Figurine solid through head and shoulders; possibly hollow in body and bed. | | Decoration: | | White slip on body and head. Red paint(?). | | Material: | | Fine pink clay | | Munsell Color: | | 7.5YR 7/4 (pink) | | Condition: | | Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving head, shoulders, arms, torso, and part of bed. White slip preserved on body and head. Possible red paint on drapery at right hand. | | Findspot Description: | | Provenance of MF-1025 (lapsed) and MF-490 unknown. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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