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This is the rating and price for A CYCLADIC MARBLE RECLINING FEMALE FIGURE



Description : A CYCLADIC MARBLE RECLINING FEMALE FIGURE EARLY SPEDOS VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2600-2500 B.C. With a narrow lyre-shaped head, arching back toward the crown, the long, slender triangular nose well centered, the chin pointed, on a slightly-flaring cylindrical neck, offset from the head with a narrow groove peaked at the nape of the neck, the broad shoulders angular, the breasts widely positioned high on the chest, the arms folded right below left, with the deep inner grooves of the upper arms rising nearly to the shoulders, the swelling abdomen marked by a curving groove for the upper edge of the public triangle, contoured grooves along the upper thighs leading into the cleft between the legs, a deep vertical groove peaked at the top of the back, the pronounced buttocks arranged on the same plane as the flat upper surface of the back of the head, preserving pigment for hair at the back of the head and along the back of the neck and the top of the forehead, faint ghosts of pigment preserved for the eyes, brows and mouth 12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) high
Price: 185 000.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 150000 USD-250000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 62
Title : A CYCLADIC MARBLE RECLINING FEMALE FIGURE
Provenance : with Elie Borowski, Basel. with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1960s-early 1970s. Important Classical, Western Asiatic and Egyptian Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 25 January 1979, lot 52. Private Collection, Swampscott, Massachusetts, 1979-mid 1990s. Private Collection, Milton, Massachusetts, mid-late 1990s. with Comenos Fine Art, Boston, 1998.
Christie's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 13 Dec 2013 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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