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Auction archive: Lot number 136

A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE STATUE OF SPEDOS VARIETY

Auction 20.10.1999
20 Oct 1999
Estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
ca. US$82,881 - US$116,034
Price realised:
£122,500
ca. US$203,060
Auction archive: Lot number 136

A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE STATUE OF SPEDOS VARIETY

Auction 20.10.1999
20 Oct 1999
Estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
ca. US$82,881 - US$116,034
Price realised:
£122,500
ca. US$203,060
Beschreibung:

A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE STATUE OF SPEDOS VARIETY EARLY CYCLADIC II (KEROS-SYROS CULTURE), CIRCA 2500 B.C. With characteristic stylized lyre-shaped head curved and flaring at the top, with triangular nose, broad short neck and shoulders, with widely spaced breasts, incised left arm folded across the chest above the right arm, incised pubic triangle, the broad thighs with deep groove separating the legs which are bent slightly at the knees, the foot angled with toes indicated, the reverse with groove down the spine and between the legs, traces of red paint on the neck, chips to tip of nose and upper back of head, repaired at face, neck and foot, left foot missing, with mount 18 in. (46.3 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 136
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE STATUE OF SPEDOS VARIETY EARLY CYCLADIC II (KEROS-SYROS CULTURE), CIRCA 2500 B.C. With characteristic stylized lyre-shaped head curved and flaring at the top, with triangular nose, broad short neck and shoulders, with widely spaced breasts, incised left arm folded across the chest above the right arm, incised pubic triangle, the broad thighs with deep groove separating the legs which are bent slightly at the knees, the foot angled with toes indicated, the reverse with groove down the spine and between the legs, traces of red paint on the neck, chips to tip of nose and upper back of head, repaired at face, neck and foot, left foot missing, with mount 18 in. (46.3 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 136
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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