Lot 173
173
A CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE FEMALE PLANK FIGURE
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A CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE FEMALE PLANK FIGURE

EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.

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A CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE FEMALE PLANK FIGURE
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
Of Slab type, the flattened rectangular body with nose, chin, breasts, hair and headdress in relief, with protruding semicircular arms, the ears with pendant earrings, the eyes, nostrils and nipples with incised holes, horizontal slit mouth, the incised decoration indicating a wide neck-band and 'drapery' over the right shoulder, the reverse with vertical wavy lines for hair, repaired
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 150, pl. 181b.

Cf. V. Karageorghis, The Civilization of Prehistoric Cyprus, Athens, 1976, p. 112, pl. 80, for a plank figure dated to the Middle Bronze Age with similar headdress.

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