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THBPublished Anatolian Marble Idol - Troy Type
Lot 68
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Artemis Fine Arts
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
Ancient Asia Minor, Anatolia, Early Bronze Age I-II, ca. 3200 to 2300 BCE. A finely-preserved sculpture, hand-carved from chalky-white marble, depicting a highly-abstract standing anthropomorphic figure. The rounded lower body tapers to a pair of lightly-incised striations which delineate the neck, and a characteristically oversized head boasts shallow drilled eyes, incised brows, and a stylized nose. Votive idols like this one are known in a variety of fascinating forms throughout the pre-literate world and were not bound by the constraints of naturalism. Troy-type idols like this are among some of the rarest forms to come from ancient Anatolia, and this example is of no exception. Size: 2.2" W x 4" H (5.6 cm x 10.2 cm); 4.9" H (12.4 cm) on included custom stand.
Published in "Beloved by Time: Four Millennia of Ancient Art." Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, 2000, p. 24, fig. 43.
For another stylistically-similar example, please see "Idols: The Beginning of Abstract Form." Ariadne Galleries, Inc., New York, 1989, p. 57, fig. 14.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#144144Chips and losses to lower body as shown, with light softening to some incised details, small nicks to peripheries and verso, and encrustations across most surfaces. Nice earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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