LATE MINOAN I, CIRCA 1600-1500 B.C.

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A MINOAN BRONZE MALE VOTARY
LATE MINOAN I, CIRCA 1600-1500 B.C.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high

Provenance

Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, acquired 1965.

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Lot Essay

The subjects of Minoan votive objects included men, women and animals. The men, such as in this example, were generally depicted with the right hand raised towards the chest and the left arm extended downwards against the side. The stance conjures respect, and the pose indicates supplication to the deity being worshiped.

For a similar figure, cf. C. Zervos, L'art de la Crète Néolithique et Minoenne, Paris, 1956, pg. 311, no. 453.

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