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Appliqué of a Frontal Female Head

Date

525–500 B.C.

Medium

Gilded silver

Culture

Greek (South Italian)

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

One of four frontal female head appliques (96.AM.110.1-.4), made of thin metal hammered into a mold. The kore has a full oval face, bulging almond eyes and a smile. Her hair, in fine zigzag locks, is looped back behind the ears, then falls in loose waves to the shoulders. She wears a single-strand necklace and a stephane. On this example, the surface is well preserved, but hair and stephane are missing, save for a small area at proper left and the lower part of the right side.

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