East Greek mid 6th cent. B.C..Bronze. H. 10.9 cmThe nude youth stands frontally on a square plinth in the static pose typical of kouroi. His arms hang straight down and his hands rest against his thighs. The left leg is advanced slightly. The broad shoulders and muscular legs contrast attractively with his slender waist. He wears his hair in a cap-like coiffure, the individual strands of which are rendered by fine incisions. The hair below the nape of the neck is arranged in six broad strands that cascade over his shoulders. Slender face with almond-shaped eyes, fine nose, full lips and pronounced chin. A hole in the plinth and its slight curvature indicate that the kouros was originally an attachment. Slightly worn.Formerly Coll. Thétis, Geneva, Switzerland, prior to 1970. Published: J.-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis (Geneva, 1987) 146, no. 71 with bibliography.