ANATOLIAN MARBLE IDOL C. 2700-2100 BC
Sale 5146 - The Jeff Hunter Collection | Antiquities and Tribal Art
Mar 13, 2019
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Live / Philadelphia
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$800 -
1,200
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$12,500
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Lot Description
ANATOLIAN MARBLE IDOL C. 2700-2100 BC
Carved marble, of schematic human form with a flaring body, convex base, outstretched arms and rounded head with drilled eyes. Raised on a bespoke mount.
H: 3.2 in.Provenance: M. Ishiguro collection, Japan
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2000, inventory number CNZ121, (copy of the original purchase invoice to be included).
The Jeff Hunter Collection, New York.
LITERATURE
Cf. Thimme, J. 1978. Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the Third Millennium BC. No. 537.
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