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A CYCLADIC MARBLE SCHEMATIC IDOL AND PALETTE
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A CYCLADIC MARBLE SCHEMATIC IDOL AND PALETTE

EARLY CYCLADIC I-III, CIRCA 3200-2000 B.C.

Closed8 December 2021

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A CYCLADIC MARBLE SCHEMATIC IDOL AND PALETTE
EARLY CYCLADIC I-III, CIRCA 3200-2000 B.C.
Idol: 4 5⁄8 in. (11.7 cm.) long
Palette: 4 3⁄8 in. (10.9 cm.) long

Dr Arthur von Arx collection, Solothurn.
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note


According to P. Getz-Gentle (op. cit.), the schematic idol is said to have been found with the palette. The Apeiranthos type figure can be dated to no earlier than Early Cycladic I-II, and therefore may be later than the palette.