EARLY SPEDOS VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2600-2500 B.C.

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A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
EARLY SPEDOS VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2600-2500 B.C.
4 5/8 in. (11.6 cm) high

Provenance

Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The distinctive elongated pyriform head, the flat straight nose and the substantial size of this head resemble other figures which have been attributed to the hand of the 'Copenhagen Sculptor' by Getz-Gentle, cf. P. Getz-Preziosi, Sculptors of the Cyclades, Michigan, 1987, pp. 88-90, pls 24-25; and Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture, London, 2001, pp. 71-74, pls 62-63.

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