Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 112. A Cycladic Marble Head of a Goddess, circa 2600-2400 B.C. .

PRIMARY STRUCTURES: THE RALPH I. GOLDENBERG COLLECTION

A Cycladic Marble Head of a Goddess, circa 2600-2400 B.C.

Guaranteed Property

Lot Closed

July 5, 02:12 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

of Dokathismata or Chalandriani variety, of flaring form with gently convex facial plane and long aquiline nose, a shallow groove at the juncture with the tapering neck.

Height 7 cm. 

Galerie Simone De Monbrison, Paris

Ralph I. Goldenberg, London, acquired from the above on July 21st, 1982

then by descent to the present owner

The head and neck of the present sculpture are carved in one plane, and the jaw is delineated with with only an engraved groove running under the chin. For another example of this rare feature in Cycladic sculpture see a figure currently on loan in New York (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, L.2022.38.151, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/854951).