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LOT 0102
Greek Terracotta Triple Kore
CIRCA 450 B.C.
7 5/8 in. (480 grams, 19.3 cm).
Comprising three standing korai on a rectangular base, each wearing a chiton and a himation draped diagonally from the right shoulder, centrally parted hair topped with a polos crown; hollow back, middle head restored.
Provenance
Private Swiss collection, 1990s.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12665-236417.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Franz Winter, Die Typen der fig. Terrakotten, Berlin und Stuttgart, 1903, Band III1.
Footnotes
Korai (young women) were common votive dedications in the Archaic and Classical world, particularly at sanctuaries of Demeter, Persephone, and Hera. To have a group of maidens, such as this example, is highly unusual, and evokes the ritual dances of marriageable young women in the Greek world.
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