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THBFine Anatolian Kusura Marble Idol w/ Triangular Head
Lot 102
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Around the world & back in time - be amazed at the treasures you will find. Antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine Art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Near East, Anatolia, Early Bronze Age II, ca. 2700 to 2300 BCE. A lovely Kusura-type idol of an extremely simplified anthropomorphic form, hand-carved from creamy yellow-white marble. The figure bears a wide semicircular body, pronounced shoulders, a tapering conical neck, and a triangular head with no discernable facial features. Kusura idols come from the village of Kusura in southeastern modern-day Turkey. Votive idols like this one are known in a variety of fascinating forms throughout the pre-literate ancient world. From the truly abstract Kilia-type figures that are barely recognizable as human to the exaggerated feminine shapes of so-called "Venus" figures, people in the past, as today, had a clear desire to portray human forms and did not feel constrained by naturalism. Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 2.2" W x 4.125" H (5.6 cm x 10.5 cm); 4.9" H (12.4 cm) on included custom stand.
For a stylistically-similar example, please see "Idols: The Beginning of Abstract Form." Ariadne Galleries, Inc., London, 1989, p. 58, fig. 19.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Richard Wagner collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, acquired in the 1960s
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#143616Small chips to head, body, and peripheries, with light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and root marks throughout.Condition
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