Head of a Kore

Description

This small head probably once belonged to a full-body statuette of a young woman, a miniature of the Archaic Greek kore statue type. She has heavily lidded eyes and wears a double-banded fillet around her hair. The face and front of the hair are damaged and weathered. A statuette such as this one was likely made as a votive gift to a goddess.

Provenance

(Ludwig Pollak, Rome, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (1900-1924); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1924-)

Head of a Kore

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c. 480–460 BCE

Accession Number

1924.538

Medium

marble

Dimensions

Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of J. H. Wade