ID 1360669 
Lot 28  | A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000 
EARLY SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2600-2500 B.C.
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with N. Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva, acquired by 1976.
Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above, 1977; thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
J. Thimme, ed. Kunst und Kultur der Kykladeninseln im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr., Karlsruhe, 1976, pp. 281, 474, no. 201.
J. Thimme, ed., Art and Culture of the Cyclades, Karlsruhe, 1977, pp. 281, 477, no. 201.
P. Getz-Gentle, Ancient Art of the Cyclades, Katonah, 2006, p. 36, no. 32, front cover.
P. Getz-Gentle, “Forum Response: The Keros Hoard Revisited,” American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 112, 2008, p. 300, n. 5; p. 303, n. 25.
Exhibited
Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum, Kunst und Kultur der Kykladeninseln im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr., 25 June-10 October 1976.
Katonah Museum of Art, Ancient Art of the Cyclades, 1 October-31 December 2006.
| Medium: | Marble, Stone | 
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| Art style: | Ancient Art | 
| Historical era: | Cycladic civilisation | 
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities | 
| Medium: | Marble, Stone | 
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| Art style: | Ancient Art | 
| Historical era: | Cycladic civilisation | 
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities | 
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