LOUROS VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC I-II, CIRCA 2800-2700 B.C.

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A CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE
LOUROS VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC I-II, CIRCA 2800-2700 B.C.
5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm.) high

Provenance

with Heidi Vollmoeller (1916-2004), Zurich, acquired 1960s-1970s.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, Canada, acquired from the above, 1990.
Art Market, New York, acquired from the above, 2016.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 28 October 2019, lot 407.

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Lot Essay

The Louros variety of Cycladic sculpture takes its name from a cemetery on Naxos where seven idols of the same type were discovered. Such schematized figures, with elongated neck, short torsos, and small projections for arms, are thought to represent females. For similar examples see nos. 84-86 in J. Thimme, Art and Culture of the Cyclades.

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