Lot Essay
The damage on this torso may have been inflicted deliberately, which suggests it could have been found on Keros where ritual breakage of marble objects seems to have occurred.
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CLASSICAL PART II
A CYCLADIC MARBLE TORSO
SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2600-2400 B.C.
Details
A CYCLADIC MARBLE TORSO
SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2600-2400 B.C.
In typical pose, the arms folded one above the other across the chest, with angular sloping shoulders, a shallow groove down the centre of the back, mounted
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2600-2400 B.C.
In typical pose, the arms folded one above the other across the chest, with angular sloping shoulders, a shallow groove down the centre of the back, mounted
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
Provenance
With Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres, Paris, 1970.
French private collection.
French private collection.
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