A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
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A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD

KAPSALA VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2700-2600 B.C.

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A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
KAPSALA VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2700-2600 B.C.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
Provenance
with Crescent Gallery, Tokyo.
Private Collection, Japan, acquired from the above, 1980s.
Antiquities, Christie’s, New York, 9 December 2005, lot 156.

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Lot Essay

This small, fine head from a reclining female figure has a rounded chin, a short, triangular nose low on the face, and a backwards-tilting forehead, on a short slightly-tapering neck. The proportions of this head recall some figures attributed to the both Kontoleon Sculptor and the Israel Museum Sculptor (see pls. 22 and 23 in P. Getz-Preziosi, Sculptors of the Cyclades, Individual and Tradition in the Third Millennium B.C.).

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