Etruscan kouros, c.550-500 BC
Bronze
Height: 13.6cm
11344 C
Sold
Further images
Stoic figure of a youth standing with his left hand on his hip and left leg slightly advanced. He wears an ankle-length skirt which hugs the musculature of his legs,...
Stoic figure of a youth standing with his left hand on his hip and left leg slightly advanced. He wears an ankle-length skirt which hugs the musculature of his legs, the hem decorated with dots. The skirt is gathered in a series of zig-zag folds running down his left thigh. His torso is covered by a short-sleeved tunic with dotted concentric circles around the neckline, his nipples outlined by incised circles. Upon his head is a narrow fillet which holds the long locks of his finely striated hair in place as they cascade below his shoulders and down his back. He stares straight ahead with wide-set, almond-shaped eyes. On his feet are pointed shoes engraved with ties.
Some minor corrosion to the surface, which has a green, red and black patina. Fractures at neck and legs repaired with some slight restoration, the right hand missing, the left forearm restored.
Some minor corrosion to the surface, which has a green, red and black patina. Fractures at neck and legs repaired with some slight restoration, the right hand missing, the left forearm restored.
Provenance
European fine art dealership, consigned to Sotheby’s, New York, USA, 1988
Christos G. Bastis (1904-1999), New York, USA; acquired 15th June 1988
Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired 13th July 2004
David Rowse (1925-2013), London, UK; acquired from the above, 3rd August 2004
Private collection, London, UK; by descent from the above
Publications
Sotheby’s, New York, USA, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Western Asiatic Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, 15th June 1988, lot 109
Sotheby's, New York, USA, Antiquities from the Collection of the late Christos G. Bastis, 9th December 1999, lot 100
Sotheby's New York, USA, Antiquities and Islamic Art, 13 July 2002, lot 77
Charles Ede Ltd, London UK, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities (London,
2004), no.4
