Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a California Private Collection
A Cycladic Marble Figure of a Goddess, Early Bronze Age II, circa 2600-2500 B.C.
Lot Closed
July 7, 03:04 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a California Private Collection
A Cycladic Marble Figure of a Goddess
Early Bronze Age II, circa 2600-2500 B.C.
lying with her fragmentary legs bent at the knees and slender forearms folded beneath her breasts, with broad-downward curving shoulders, long slightly tapering neck, and lyre-shaped head, the spinal column and other details incised.
Height 26.7 cm.
Alice Kaplan (1903-1995), New York
private collection, New York, by descent from the above (Sotheby's, New York, June 8th, 2011, no. 25, illus.)
acquired by the current owner at the above sale
Published
Safani Gallery, New York, The Art of the Cyclades. An Exhibition of Sculpture and Artifacts of the Early Cycladic Period 3000-2000 B.C., 1983, no. 33, illus.
Safani Gallery, New York, The Art of the Cyclades. An Exhibition of Sculpture and Artifacts of the Early Cycladic Period 3000-2000 B.C., May 7th-June 18th, 1983.
The base is by the sculptor Gonzalo Fonesca (1922-1997).