SculptureCycladic3rd millennium BCE
Cycladic Head
2600-2500 BCE
Description
This small marble ovoid head and neck have a backward tilt. The sole facial feature is an elongated, triangular nose in relief. Traces of red pigment in the form of closely spaced red dots appear as ornamentation on the forehead and cheeks, and faint traces of pigment are visible also above the nose and in the incised line separating the head from the neck. The head is set on wooden base.
Dimensions
11.4 x 6 x 5.1 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 2 in.)
Provenance
This Cycladic head was in the private collection of the donor's mother Alice M. Kaplan who began collecting in 1955. She purchased the head from George Ortiz of Paris who had it in his collection by 1960.
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