| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2005 48a | |
| Title: | LARGE TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: TANAGRA TYPE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2005 | |
| Object Number: | 48 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | MF 2005-48B | |
| Description: | Fgurine of standing draped female, left arm bent up, elbow at waist, left hand holding himation at chest, right arm akimbo, elbow pulled back, weight on right leg, left leg relaxed, left foot drawn foreward protruding underneath chiton hem. Himation covers shoulders, torso, both arms, and chiton from right knee diagonally to left thigh; under left elbow, himation drops to knee level and continues at back of figurine to right knee. Folds of himation stretch diagonally from right shoulder and elbow across chest, and in loops from left hip to right knee; a long cascade of folds from below left elbow to left knee; looped folds continue on back. Vertical folds of chiton extend from below himation to figurine base, deep, sharp and reworked on front, shallow, flattened and rounded on back. Hollow, moldmade. Similar to MF-13710 (Corinth XVIII.4, p. 304, no. I48, pl. 68), MF-11078 (Corinth XVIII.4, p. 213, no. H98, pl. 33), and for the pose, D 3465 (S. Besques, Musee du Louvre, Catalogue Raisonne des Figurines et Reliefs en Terre-Cuite, Grecs, Etrusques et Romains, IV-1, Epoques Hellenistique et Romaine, Italie Meridionale, Sicile, Sardaigne, Paris 1986, pl. 24). | |
| Decoration: | White slip overall. | |
| Material: | Fine pink clay with rare medium to large rounded white lime, rare medium black, rare (at least one) very large (L. 0.015) dark gray stone, rare fine sparkling inclusions, and rare medium voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/4 (pink) | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Four joining fragments preserve body from right hip and left elbow to feet. White slip worn | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. of leg 0.118, W. at base 0.073 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.140, W. at hip 0.054 | |
| Period: | 3rd c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | For I48, middle to 3/4 3rd c. B.C. (Corinth XVIII.4, pp. 292-293). | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB972 B16 P33 | |
| NB972 B17 P34 | ||
| NB972 B18 P35, LOT 2005 006 | ||
| LOT 2005 006 | ||
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 2007 032 20a Basket: NB972 B16 P33 Basket: NB972 B17 P34 Basket: NB972 B18 P35 |
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