Lot Essay
Perhaps by the prolific Goulandris Sculptor. Note the long semi-conical nose, the flaring arch of the forehead and the long neck. See pl. 71ff. in Getz-Gentle, Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture.
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Property from the Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall
A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C.
Details
A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C.
From a reclining female figure, the lyre-shaped head tapering to the rounded chin, flaring out at the forehead, the long semi-conical nose prominently situated just below the center of the face, on a long flaring neck
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C.
From a reclining female figure, the lyre-shaped head tapering to the rounded chin, flaring out at the forehead, the long semi-conical nose prominently situated just below the center of the face, on a long flaring neck
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
Provenance
with C. Dikran Kelekian, Ancient Arts, New York, 1966.