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​ Plagon or Kore
Bell shaped dolls inspired from archaic prototypes from Boeotia.
The plagon or glene or kore is an anthropomorphic female doll. The unique bell-shaped dolls by THETIS are inspired by 9th cent. BC archaic prototypes from Boeotia bearing similar painted decoration (some fine examples at the Louvre Museum).

The figure may be a goddess of animals, nature and life, whose first known representations date from the Bronze Age in Crete. Figures of this type were found in the graves of women and children from the 10th-8th centuries BC; they can symbolize the protective forces of nature, accompanying the deceased on their journey to the afterlife.

The original artifact is described at Musée du Louvre, (Bell idol from Thebes, 900 - 700 BC)
The technique, typology, and decoration of this figurine, known as a "bell idol", identify it as the work of Theban potters of the Late Geometric period, in ancient Boeotia. Although strictly an item of pottery, it is a rare example of figurative bells.