The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection

The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection

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Marble Idol, Early Bronze Age II, Kusura Type, circa 3000 - 2500 BC

Auction Closed

May 24, 03:58 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Marble Idol, Early Bronze Age II, Kusura Type, circa 3000 - 2500 BC


of highly abstract form, with rounded body, square shoulders, long, tapering neck, and round head.

Height: 6 3/4 in (17.2 cm)

John J. Klejman, New York
Acquired from the above on March 30, 1964
For examples particularly close in form compare Jürgen Thimme, Kunst und Kultur der Kykladeninseln im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr., Karlsruhe, 1976, p. 548, cat. no. 487; Sotheby’s, New York, June 11,  2010, no. 16; and J. L. Keith et al., The Pomerance Collection of Ancient Art, Brooklyn, New York, 1966, p. 67, cat. no. 73.