Anatolian
An Anatolian marble idol, Beycesultan type, circa 3200 - 2800 BC
Marble
Height: 7 cm
The abstract idol with schematic details of a slender pointed neck, with short arms, the body flaring towards a convex edge
The abstract idol with schematic details of a slender pointed neck, with short arms, the body flaring towards a convex edge
Provenance
With Galerie Ratton-Ladrière, Paris, 1980sEuropean private collection, acquired from the above May 1984. Collection no. 231
Literature
For a Beycesultan type abstract-schematic idol of similar proportions see J. Thimme, Art and Culture of the Cyclades, Chicago, 1977, pp. 392 and 564, no. 532.