female statuette

Object Number

SMS479

Name

female statuette

Description

Lower part of female statuette. Milky white

fine-grained marble whose surface is heavily encrusted. The figure is preserved only from the waist downwards and is considerably damaged. She stands with her weight on her left leg and wears chiton and himation. Almost certainly Kore is represented

since the arrangement of drapery bears a close resemblance to that of the Kore by Praxiteles which no doubt provided a model for sculptors in minor Hellenistic workshops. The workmanship would allow a date in the fourth century b.c.

but a later one is perhaps more likely.

Specimen Count

1

Preservation State

Fragment

Collection Date From

1959

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

59/93

3

EMu IRN

45553