KAPSALA VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2700-2600 B.C.

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A CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE
KAPSALA VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2700-2600 B.C.
The reclining figure harmoniously conceived, her oval face with a slender well-centered nose, a long neck, rounded angled shoulders, and pointed breasts, the arms folded right below left, the elbows extending outwards from the body, the forearms tapering, the midsection truncated, the long legs with pronounced upper thighs, modeled knees, short calves bulging in back, and flexed feet, their undersides arched, the legs divided by a deep cleft and separated below the knees
10 in. (25.4 cm.) long

來源

Giovanni Vincitore (John Victor) Ruggiero. (d. 1936), Brooklyn, acquired prior to 1914; thence by descent to his wife, Mabel Markey (d. 1974), Brooklyn; thence by descent to their son, John Joseph Ruggiero, (d. 1973), Queens; thence to his wife, Agnes Dympna
McKenna (d. 1986), Queens; thence by descent to the present owner.

拍品專文

This figure bears a resemblance to idols attributed to the Kontoleon Sculptor, who takes his name from the archeologist who excavated two female figures at Aplomata, Naxos. At least 18 female figures have been attributed to this sculptor, and possibly three harp players. The female figures range in size from 17 cm. for the smaller examples to over 69 cm. for the largest whose feet are lost. According to P. Getz-Gentle (Sculptors of the Cyclades, Individual and Tradition in the Third Millennium B.C., p. 83), "A talented sculptor of folded-arm female figures of the Kapsala variety, the Kontoleon Master worked the marble with care and sensitivity..."

KAPSALA VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2700-2600 B.C.

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