Kore head

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 10709

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Archaic Period

Date

500-480 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.054 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 28, Νο 3

Description
Bibliography

It comes from a Kore figurine found during one of the Acropolis excavation campaigns. The face is rounded and the eyes big with prominent lids. The lips’ edges are slightly upturned to form a smile. The hair is worn in locks around the forehead and falls on both sides of the neck. A low stephane adorns the head. Preserved are traces of white slip whereas at the back of her head light blue colour is retained.

Casson, S., Brooke, D., Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum. Sculpture and Architectural Fragments, with a section upon the Terracottas, II, Cambridge, 1921, σελ. 352, αρ.κατ. 526
Σωτηριάδη-Sedwick, P., Αττικά πήλινα ειδώλια αρχαικής εποχής, Αθήνα, 1939, σελ. 54, αρ.κατ. 526
Nicholls, R., «Two Groups of Archaic Attic Terracottas», στο D.C. Kurtz, B. Sparkes (επιμ.), The Eye of Greece. Studies in the Art of Athens, Cambridge, 1982, σελ. 107, αρ.κατ. A1:1