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Descripción : Ancient Greece, Archaic period, ca. 600 BCE. A hollow, mold-formed terracotta female kore, standing barefoot atop an integral rectangular plinth and wearing a flowing garment. Against her chest she holds a small quadruped animal with a sinuous tail, though the exact species is difficult to discern. Her visage exhibits almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, slender cheeks, and an Archaic smile, all framed by braided bangs set against her brow. A large but simple headdress drapes across the backs of both shoulders. The verso displays an ovoid hole utilized during the firing process. This figure may have been painted with vibrant pigments, indicated by dark pigment remains underneath the neck. Kore were a common sight in both private and public life. Size: 2 W x 8.625 H (5.1 cm x 21.9 cm). By the seventh century BCE, Greek art began to evolve from its embrace of the geometric style, which was favored between approximately 1050 and 700 BCE, to a desire to create more naturalistic representations of the human figure. Most famous are the freestanding sculptures of two main types, the male standing youth known as a kouros, and the draped standing female kore. The earliest examples demonstrate an Egyptian influence in both pose and proportions, but over time sculptors created even more lifelike representations. These were placed in sanctuaries as well as cemeteries and served as grave markers and dedications to the deities. Provenance: private Houston, Texas, USA collection, ex-Bonhams London Antiquities Auction, 8 May, 2013, part of lot 52, ex-private London, United Kingdom collection, acquired by the present owner in London and the Home Counties between 1960s and 1980 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #132837
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