KAPSALA VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2700-2600 B.C.

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A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
KAPSALA VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2700-2600 B.C.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high

Provenance

with Crescent Gallery, Tokyo (accompanied by custom-made wood box by Ishiguro Kojiro, dated May 1982)
Private Collection, Japan, acquired from the above, 1980s.
Antiquities, Christie’s, New York, 9 December 2005, lot 156.

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Lot Essay

This fine head from a reclining female figure has a rounded chin, a short, triangular nose low on the face, and a backwards-tilting forehead, all on a short, slightly tapering neck. The proportions of this head recall figures attributed to both the Kontoleon and Israel Museum Sculptors (see pls. 22 and 23 in P. Getz-Preziosi, Sculptors of the Cyclades, Individual and Tradition in the Third Millennium B.C.).

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