Bird-Faced “Pappas” Holding a Child (Kourotrophe)

first half 6th century BCE (Archaic)

6.5 cm 13.7 cm 3.5 cm

Citation

Plank figures of this type, with pinched bird-like faces and high “polos” crowns, are strongly abstract in style but securely dated to the Archaic period (6th century BCE) by excavated examples in Boeotia. The figure holds a small, roughly modeled child close to her proper lef...

Sculpture

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36094
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sculpture
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Charles L. Morley, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase
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CC0
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en
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1928

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