Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 11153 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: STANDING FEMALE WITH BIRD AND FRUIT | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 11153 | |
Description: | Terracotta solid mouldmade standing female with rt arm bent at elbow with forearm held across breast holding a bird (short pointed beak, small head, wide neck, round body, long thin rectangular body and tail), lt arm held tight to side bent at elbow with forearm across belly, lt hand bent up holding round fruit and mitten-like hands. Wears peplos with low curving overfold with straight edge across thighs then drooping down to sides, long vertical folds fall from waist to overfold, four tiered long looping folds drape radiating from rt elbow to forearm down to lower overfold, lt sleeve loops from elbow towards forearm with long vertical folds draping from elbow to overfold, and long even vertical folds fall straight from below overfold to bottom. Frontal mould with large depression on back with visible thumb print. Similar to KT4-58 (Corinth XV.2 Class X p. 92-93 no. 24 pl. 15). Standing Kore with Dove and Fruit Type. | |
Attributes: | Bird Fruit | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with pinkish gray core with frequent fine sparkling, rare small tabular angular white, rare large platy angular gray, and few medium spherical angular tan inclusions and few medium platy angular and rare lg tabular angular voids | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Core: 7.5YR 8/2 (pinkish white) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving chest from lt shoulder and rt elbow to just above ankles. Traces of white slip. | |
Manufacture: | F02 F MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.065, W. 0.030, Th. 0.007-0.010 | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | 5th to 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class X no. 24 TC Factory Deposit 6 3rd q. of 4th c. B.C.) | |
Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
Context: | NB232 B1 P143, LOT 0863 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 004 17 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 |