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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.513
Title
Kore
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
c. 510 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Northern Greece?
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290850

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly from Olynthos

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.513
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This female figure of a Kore is made of red clay with traces of red paint on the garment and black paint on the hair and back. The figure wears a chiton and stand holds an object in her right hand. She stand with her left foot advanced.

Cracked and mended.

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 32, no. 259

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

Verification Level

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