GrB036
Archaic Greek bronze Kouros.
1st half of 6th century BC
H. 9.35 (3 3/4 in.)
Missing feet. Rich green patina
Ex. Swiss Private Collection, 1967.
$7,000.
The Kouros is standing frontal in the nude. The head is slightly lifted on a long neck, and long braided hair arranged with central parting, falling on his back behind his shoulders. The face with large almond shape eyes, straight nose, and mouth with a kind of smile. The ears are protruding at the sides of the head. The body is modeled with triangular chest, his hands, clenched into fists, straight along the sides of his body, the legs are straight and he has a protruding phallus.
The Kouros (a youth) is modeled in the archaic Greek style, frontal and frozen, stylized with slightly schematic features.
Cf. Rolley, C., 1986, p. 95, fig. 64.
Mitten, D. G., and Doeringer, S. F., editors, 1967, pp. 51-52, nos. 33-34.
Rolley, C., Greek Bronzes, Sotheby’s Publications, 1986
Mitten, D. G., and Doeringer, S. F., editors, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, Exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1967
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