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拍品专文
Although rarely preserved, most Cycladic sculpture of the Spedos Variety would have originally been richly painted in black, red and blue pigment. As Getz-Preziosi informs (p. 56 in Sculptors of the Cyclades, Individual and Tradition in the Third Millennium B.C.), "...to the Early Bronze Age islander the color probably had a powerful magical meaning" and may "reflect the way the faces of the dead were painted for burial" (p. 55 op. cit.).
More often, however, the only trace is a paint ghost - a smoother part of the surface or the outline of a painted feature that looks as if it has been rendered in low relief. The pigment applied in those areas protected the marble surface from the erosion suffered by the rest of the figurine and so appears smoother, lighter in colour and slightly raised in comparison to the uncoloured areas.
More often, however, the only trace is a paint ghost - a smoother part of the surface or the outline of a painted feature that looks as if it has been rendered in low relief. The pigment applied in those areas protected the marble surface from the erosion suffered by the rest of the figurine and so appears smoother, lighter in colour and slightly raised in comparison to the uncoloured areas.