Cast of the Lyons Kore from the Acropolis, Athens
Details
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Title
Cast of the Lyons Kore from the Acropolis, Athens
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Associated place
Acropolis (find spot of original) -
Date
late 19th - early 20th century (1871 - 1930) -
Material and technique
plaster
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
62 cm estimated (height)
113 cm estimated (height)
125 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1907.
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Museum location
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.B.45.a
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Catalogue text
Lyons, Lyons Museum.
In the museum since 1810, but recorded in the collection of Laurent Gravier of Marseilles in 1719.
From the Athenian Acropolis (joins B 45b).
Female statue of the kore type wearing chiton and himation, and holding a dove. She wears a polos and her long hair is arranged in three symmetrical tresses falling on either side of her head. Traces of paint from colouring remain on the original.
Joins B 45b. Fragments of the left arm are also preserved in Athens.In: Frederiksen, Rune, and R.R.R. Smith, The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2011)
Further reading
Frederiksen, Rune, and R.R.R. Smith, The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2011)
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