Kore large statuette - II
The kore wears a chiton and a short Ionic himation. Her hair is adorned with a wreath, and her ears with round disk earrings. Traces of painted decoration on the garments and jewelry. Red paint on the hair and eyes.
This late archaic statuette was found in Athens near the Parthenon. Many korai were found inside the Akropolis destroyed by the Persians in 480/79 BC. The statues were deliberately destroyed; a number of them were beheaded or damaged by axe blows. Considering that the Athenians used the destroyed statues and their stones fragments in grading the hill citadel, today is very difficult to determine exactly both the sites where they come to light both if these sites coincide with the places where they were originally erected.
Moreover many sculptures were subjected to fire and to great heat: our kore shows traces of charring.
Parian marble statuette
About 500-490 B.C.
From Athens Akropolis
Athens, National Archaeological Museum, Inv. akr .676
Kore large statuette - II
The kore wears a chiton and a short Ionic himation. Her hair is adorned with a wreath, and her ears with round disk earrings. Traces of painted decoration on the garments and jewelry. Red paint on the hair and eyes.
This late archaic statuette was found in Athens near the Parthenon. Many korai were found inside the Akropolis destroyed by the Persians in 480/79 BC. The statues were deliberately destroyed; a number of them were beheaded or damaged by axe blows. Considering that the Athenians used the destroyed statues and their stones fragments in grading the hill citadel, today is very difficult to determine exactly both the sites where they come to light both if these sites coincide with the places where they were originally erected.
Moreover many sculptures were subjected to fire and to great heat: our kore shows traces of charring.
Parian marble statuette
About 500-490 B.C.
From Athens Akropolis
Athens, National Archaeological Museum, Inv. akr .676