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

Cycladic figures with their ears carved in relief are comparatively rare. The earliest occurrences can be found on some Plastiras figures and some precanonical figures from circa 3000-2700 B.C., see P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections, Richmond, 1987, pp. 130-131, no. 4 and pp. 150-151, no. 19. Some Early Spedos figures also feature ears, although more commonly on the larger-scale figures, see three figures by the Karlsruhe/Woodner Sculptor in P. Getz-Gentle, Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture, London, 2001, pl. 64.