Antiquity · Cleveland Museum of Art · 1924.538
Head of a Kore
Unknown maker, c. 480–460 BCE
Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of J. H. Wade · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- c. 480–460 BCE
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
- Era
- Antiquity
Why it matters
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.