A CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE
A CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE
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A CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE

LATE SPEDOS TYPE, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C.

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A CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE FIGURE
LATE SPEDOS TYPE, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C.
7 3⁄4 in. (19.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Art Market, London, by 1985.
Acquired by the current owner, 1998.

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Lot Essay

This figure is distinguished by an unusually long neck and a contourless lower torso and legs. It is one of only very few examples known with the arms folded left below right, rather than the more typical right below left, as seen on the vast majority of Spedos type figures.

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