LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C.

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A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C.
4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high

Provenance

with Simone de Monbrison (1922-2015), Paris.
with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, acquired from the above (Kunst der Antike, vol. 6, 1985, no. 18).
Private Collection, Berlin, acquired from the above, 1985; thence by descent.
with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, acquired from the above, 2021 (Kunst der Antike, vol. 36, 2022, no. 3).

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Lot Essay

This beautiful head exemplifies all the characteristics found on Spedos variety female figures including a backward-curving head, a rounded chin and a well-centered triangular nose, and a long cylindrical neck. For related examples, see no. 45 in P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections, and no. 140 in C. Doumas, Cycladic Art from the N.P. Goulandris Collection.

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