A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD

Lot 10
12.04.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 734995
Lot 10 | A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
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A CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD

EARLY SPEDOS TYPE, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2600-2500 B.C.

5 3⁄8 in. (13.6 cm.) high







Provenance

with Heidi Vollmoeller (1916-2004), Zurich, acquired 1960s.

with The Merrin Gallery, New York, acquired from the above, 1980s.

Private Collection, Canada, acquired from the above, 1990.

Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2015.





Literature

P. Getz-Preziosi, "Nine Fragments of Early Cycladic Sculpture in Southern California," The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 12, 1984, p. 7, fig 2 (top row, second head from right).

P. Sotirakopoulou, The “Keros Hoard”: Myth or Reality?, Athens, 2005, p. 177, no. 156.
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