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A Cycladic Marble Head of a Goddess , Early Bronze Age II, circa 2500-2400 B.C.
Estimate
60,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description
- A Cycladic Marble Head of a Goddess
- Height 3 3/4 in. 9.5 cm.
with slightly tapering neck of oval section, her lyre-shaped head with gently convex facial plane and long triangular nose, its straight profile merging smoothly into the forehead.
Provenance
Simone de Monbrison, Paris
Mert Simpson, New York, circa 1990
Catalogue Note
attributed to the Goulandris Sculptor
Cf. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Art, no. 83. Also compare Sotheby's, New York, December 9th, 2004, no. 227, a closely related head from the collection of Gustave and Franyo Schindler.