Property from an American Private Collection
A CYCLADIC MARBLE FIGURE OF A GODDESS, EARLY BRONZE AGE II, EARLY SPEDOS, CIRCA 2700-2500 B.C.
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July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Property from an American Private Collection
A CYCLADIC MARBLE FIGURE OF A GODDESS,💖 EARLY BRONZE AGE II, EARLY SPEDOS, CIRCA 2700-2500ﷺ B.C.
lying with her tapering forearms crossed beneath the breasts, three grooves indicating the fingers of the left hand, he😼r right hand curved around her side with fingers marked by four grooves, a deep wide groove👍 indicating the spinal column, traces of red pigment at the neckline.
Height 18.1 cm.
Alberto Ulrich (d🌸. 2002), New York City and the Spratl💫ing Ranch, Taxco, reputedly acquired in the mid 1950s
New York art market
So🍌theby’s, New York, December 2nd, 1988,ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ no. 85, illus.
Cf. P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections, 1987, no. 52 for a more complete figure very close in style. Also compare J. Thimme, Kunst und Kultur der Kykadeninseln im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr., 1976, nos. 149-150.