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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek (original)
Title:Cast from the base of a funerary kouros with relief scenes
Date Made:ca. 1900 CE
Type:Cast
Materials:Plaster
Place Made:Europe; Greece, Athens (original)
Measurements:overall: 12 x 33 x 3 in.; 30.48 x 83.82 x 7.62 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1935.59.B.OIV
Credit Line:Gift of Class of 1872 in memory of Mary Ellis (Class of 1855)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
ca. early 20th century plaster cast of a Pentelic marble original dating to the Archaic Period, ca. 510-500 BCE. This relief, found built into the Themistocleian Wall near the Dipylon and the Kerameikos cemetery in Athens, Greece, is one of three panels from the base of a funerary statue. Six male figures are depicted playing a ball-throwing game. The original marble relief after which this cast is made is located at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.
Provenience: Themistocleian wall near Kerameikos, Greece, Athens (original)

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; reproductions

Subjects:
reproductions (derivative objects); archaeological objects; Civilization, Ancient

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