Lot Essay
For a similar example from Rhodes see no. 58 in Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas In the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum.
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AN ARCHAIC GREEK TERRACOTTA KORE
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Standing on an integral oval base with her left leg advanced, wearing a headband, chiton, and himation over the right shoulder and arching across in back above her buttocks, her hair arranged in a shoulder-length mass in back with two long strands falling on to each shoulder, her oval face with a pronounced smile and almond-shaped eyes, holding a dove to her breast in her left hand, her right hand pulling the central panel of her chiton
9 3/4in. ( 25 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Standing on an integral oval base with her left leg advanced, wearing a headband, chiton, and himation over the right shoulder and arching across in back above her buttocks, her hair arranged in a shoulder-length mass in back with two long strands falling on to each shoulder, her oval face with a pronounced smile and almond-shaped eyes, holding a dove to her breast in her left hand, her right hand pulling the central panel of her chiton
9 3/4in. ( 25 cm.) high