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Auction archive: Lot number 36

A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE

Antiquities
6 Jul 2016
Estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
ca. US$394,829 - US$658,049
Price realised:
£1,202,500
ca. US$1,582,607
Auction archive: Lot number 36

A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE

Antiquities
6 Jul 2016
Estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
ca. US$394,829 - US$658,049
Price realised:
£1,202,500
ca. US$1,582,607
Beschreibung:

A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE
LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C.
A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C. The reclining figure with lyre-shaped head, with a slender triangular nose and rounded chin, on a slightly flaring neck, the body sculpted with gently sloping shoulders, arms folded right below left beneath the rounded breasts, her elegant fingers delineated, contoured grooves along the upper thighs leading into the deep cleft dividing the legs at the front, a shallow cleft at the rear at the base of the delineated spine, ghosts of pigment of the proper left eye preserved, red pigment on underside of head preserved 15 7/8 in. (40.2 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 36
Auction:
Datum:
6 Jul 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE
LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C.
A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C. The reclining figure with lyre-shaped head, with a slender triangular nose and rounded chin, on a slightly flaring neck, the body sculpted with gently sloping shoulders, arms folded right below left beneath the rounded breasts, her elegant fingers delineated, contoured grooves along the upper thighs leading into the deep cleft dividing the legs at the front, a shallow cleft at the rear at the base of the delineated spine, ghosts of pigment of the proper left eye preserved, red pigment on underside of head preserved 15 7/8 in. (40.2 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 36
Auction:
Datum:
6 Jul 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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