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THBGreek Cycladic Marble Idol Torso - Spedos Variety
Lot 21
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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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- Lot Description
**Originally Listed At $1500**
Ancient Greece, Cyclades, Spedos, ca. 2600 to 2400 BCE. A finely-carved marble torso from a Spedos-type idol. The torso presents with broad shoulders, petite breasts above slender folded arms, a lightly convex abdomen, traces of the incised pubic triangle, and one thigh. Deeply incised clefts along the verso delineate the axillae behind the biceps, spinal column, and posterior which bestow an anatomically-defined presentation on an otherwise abstract figure. A beautiful example of anthropomorphic artistry in some of its earliest forms! Size: 1.875" W x 2.25" H (4.8 cm x 5.7 cm); 3" H (7.6 cm) on included custom stand.
For a stylistically-similar example showing the full figure (front and back photos), please see the Yale University Art Gallery, accession number 2008.115.26: https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/127311
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Richard Wagner collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, acquired in the 1960s
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#147856This is a fragment of a larger figure, with old losses to head and legs as shown. Repair to lower tip of remaining thigh, with small chips along break line. Light abrasions to obverse and reverse, with softening to shoulder points and other finer details, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and smooth surface texture throughout.Condition
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