Part of a vessel stand in the form of a Kore

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Inventory number

ΕΑΜ Χ 6494

Category

Vessel attachment

Period

Archaic Period

Date

Mid 7th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.07 m
Length: 0.044 m

Material

Bronze

Location

First Floor Case 18, Νο 2

Description
Bibliography

Head of a Kore probably from a stand of an incense burner (thymiaterion), a lampstand or some other kind of metal vessel. The neck’s underside preserves a hollow socket so the head could be fitted to another part, today lost. On top of the head is an almost globular element that supports a slightly concave disc with six small holes. Bronze nails have been preserved into two of these holes confirming that they were used to secure a vessel.

The figure’s triangular face, flat head and wavy hair resembling a wig, all bring to mind eastern elements of the so-called “Daedalic style” which blossomed in Greece from the second half of the 7th cent. BC. The name derives from the mythical Daidalus who according to tradition was a great architect and sculptor, and the founder of monumental sculpture.

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Rolley, Cl., Les Bronzes grecques, Paris, 1983, σελ. 230, εικ. 225
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Fuchs, W., Floren, J., Die griechische Plastik, I: Die geometrische und archaische Plastik, München, 1987, σελ. 303
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