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ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK TERRACOTTA KORE
ARCHAIC PERIOD,
CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Standing on an integral low circular plinth, clad in a himation, some of the folds lightly incised, clutching its edge in her lowered left hand, her feet emerging from below the hem, holding a blossom to her breast in her right hand, wearing a cylindrical polos and disk earrings, her scalloped curls framing her forehead, her oval face with large almond-shaped eyes, her lips pursed into a smile, the lower body partially wheel-made and joined to the partly hand-modelled, partly mold-made upper body and head, the join visible on the hollow interior
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) high
ARCHAIC PERIOD,
CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Standing on an integral low circular plinth, clad in a himation, some of the folds lightly incised, clutching its edge in her lowered left hand, her feet emerging from below the hem, holding a blossom to her breast in her right hand, wearing a cylindrical polos and disk earrings, her scalloped curls framing her forehead, her oval face with large almond-shaped eyes, her lips pursed into a smile, the lower body partially wheel-made and joined to the partly hand-modelled, partly mold-made upper body and head, the join visible on the hollow interior
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) high
Provenance
French Private Collection, 1970s.