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Appliqué with a Kore (Main View, front)

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The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

An appliqué worked in repousse depicts a Kore, standing frontally with both arms along her sides and the left hand pulling her belted chiton to the side. Within the filigree wires of her diadem and necklace pendants are traces of blue glass paste. Glass paste inserts may also have filled her pupils, which are pierced. On each side of the head, twisted wires form a single braid, which falls over the breasts and terminates in a gold granule. The strips of gold that fastened the relief to a missing backer or frame are intact.

A series of kore appliqués, used to decorate clothing or most likely a belt, are known from several tombs at Cerveteri and possibly Praeneste. Several have perforations around the edge for stitching to cloth or leather.

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  • Title: Appliqué with a Kore (Main View, front)
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 525–500 B.C.
  • Location Created: Cerveteri, Etruria
  • Physical Dimensions: 4.1 × 1 × 0.5 cm (1 5/8 × 3/8 × 3/16 in.)
  • Type: Applique
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Gold and glass
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 83.AM.4
  • Culture: Etruscan (Caeretan)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown
  • Classification: Jewelry
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