Lot 2
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A CYPRIOT PICROLITE FIGURE
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A CYPRIOT PICROLITE FIGURE

CHALCOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

Details
A CYPRIOT PICROLITE FIGURE
CHALCOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1⁄4 in. (5.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 9-10 December 1984, lot 137.
Acquired by the current owner by 1993.
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993-2022 (Loan no. L.1993.33.3).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

For another figure with a perforated head, see pl. 45, nos. 1-2 in E. Peltenburg, et al., eds., Figurine Makers of Prehistoric Cyprus. E. Alphas (p. 125 in A. Caubet, ed., Idols: The Power of Images) suggests that the wide hips and bent knees are meant to depict a birthing posture. For similar examples, see nos. 22 and 28 in Caubet, op. cit.

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