The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection
The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection
Marble Idol, Early Bronze Age II, Kusura Type, circa 3000 - 2500 BC
Auction Closed
May 24, 03:58 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Marble Idol, Early Bronze Age II, Kusura Type, circa 3000 - 2500 BC
of highly abstract form, with rounded body, square shoulders, long, tapering neck, and round head.
Height: 6 3/4 in (17.2 cm)
John J. Klejman, New York
Acquired from the above on March 30, 1964
Acquired from the above on March 30, 1964
For examples particularly close in form compare Jürgen Thimme, Kunst und Kultur der Kykladeninseln im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr., Karlsruhe, 1976, p. 548, cat. no. 487; Sotheby’s, New York, June 11, 2010, no. 16; and J. L. Keith et al., The Pomerance Collection of Ancient Art, Brooklyn, New York, 1966, p. 67, cat. no. 73.