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Lot 213*

An Anatolian marble idol

24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Anatolian marble idol
Kusura-Beycesultan type, early Bronze Age II, circa 2700-2100 B.C.
With disc-shaped head, elongated neck, the rounded body with stylised arms, 5½in (14.3cm) high, mounted

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Cyrus Collection. Property of Fay Safani, New York.
Inherited from Edward Safani, acquired in the 1950s.

Literature:
Cf. J.Thimme, Art and Culture of the Cyclades, Chicago, 1977, p.388, no. 520.

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