Cleveland Museum of Art
Kore-Shaped Perfume Flask
- Date
- 525–500 BCE
- Medium
- terracotta
- Culture
- Greece, Rhodes
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Mold-made in the form of a standing maiden, or kore, this vessel likely once held expensive perfumed oil. The figure, who might represent the goddess Aphrodite, holds a dove by her chest with one hand, and her pleated drapery in the other. Traces of red pigment hint at a much more vibrant original appearance. In ancient Greece, doves were symbols of beauty and love, associated with the goddess Aphrodite.
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