Greek Archaic Terracotta Head of Kore

6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.

4 3/4 in. (5 3/8 in.) (229 grams, 12 cm (263 grams total, 13.5 cm high including stand)).

Modelled in the round wearing a diadem or headdress, either a Kore or Aphrodite, hollow-formed; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1970s.
Ex European private collection.

Literature

Cf. similar statuette in the archaeological museum of Komotini, inv. no.ΑΓK13512/1323 da Rhodope; Cleveland Museum of Art, no.1926.518.

Footnotes

The type belongs to the evolution of the ‘Aphrodite Group’ that was distributed and copied by local workshops in Ionia and the rest of Greece. The figurines of this type are found in sanctuaries of female deities, as well as graves (eg. in Molyvoti). Similar figurines have also been found in Thassos.

CONDITION

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