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

This female figure has a slender nose well centered on a large head, a long neck and gently sloping shoulders. The arms are folded in the usual manner, right below left, directly below the small breasts; the fingers are articulated. The midsection is completely truncated. She has broad thighs that project forward, bent knees and thin legs divided by a deep cleft. The feet incline forward; the toes are articulated. The distinctive style of this figure is closest to one in a New York private collection, likely by the same anonymous hand, pl. 34 in P. Getz-Gentle, Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture.