Lot Essay
Item one: cf. C. Doumas, Cycladic Art: Ancient Sculpture and Pottery from the N. P. Goulandris Collection, The British Museum, London, 1983, p. 18, no. 18 for similar.
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CIRCA EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A CYCLADIC MARBLE IDOL
CIRCA EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
Of schematic form, the rectangular body with tall neck and angular downward sloping shoulders, 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high; and two Cypro-Archaic terracotta figures, one in the form of a man with raised head and right arm, left arm missing, the other female, head repaired, both circa 750-480 B.C., 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high av. (3)
CIRCA EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
Of schematic form, the rectangular body with tall neck and angular downward sloping shoulders, 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high; and two Cypro-Archaic terracotta figures, one in the form of a man with raised head and right arm, left arm missing, the other female, head repaired, both circa 750-480 B.C., 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high av. (3)
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Colonel Norman Colville M.C. (1893-1974).
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