Female statuette (kore)
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
Magna-Graecia original from the first half of the 5th century B.C.
Material and technique:
Parian marble
Origin:
From Greece (?)
Inventory:
Inv. MB 76
The small female figure is wearing a long chiton and a himation (mantle) arranged diagonally over it. Her head is compact; her hair is kept in place over her forehead by a ribbon, while long locks fall over her shoulders. The statuette’s typological and stylistic features suggest that it was made in Magna Graecia at the beginning of the 5th century B.C.
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
Room 6 displays numerous original Greek reliefs and sculptures, some votive works and others funerary.
