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Head of kore

Head of kore
1st century BCE-1st century CE

Medium
marble

Measurements
29.5 × 15.6 × 18.7 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Tomas Harris, 1951
© Public Domain

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Italy

Accession Number
1045B-D4

Department
Antiquities

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Physical description
Head of a girl in the archaising style, imitating Greek Archaic. She has long hair down the back of her neck, rendered by wavy surface incisions. She wears a low, plain diadem, in front of which the hair is a little more modelled with a centre parting and symmetrical waves running horizontally. Her nose and ears are missing. The eyes are hollowed out. The mouth has an Archaic smile. The upper eyelids are parallel with the line of brows.