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three Heads of Kiliya Idols
Western Anatolia, Early Bronze Age II, 2700 – 2400 BC.
White, fine crystalline marble. The flat heads with convex facial surface, indicated ears and narrow nose belong to female idols of artfully stylized depiction, the type of which is called Kiliya Idols after the place where the first published specimen was found. The tilted position of the head also led to the name “Stargazer Idol”.
Cf. a completely preserved example in the Antikensammlung Berlin, inv. no. 31457. Cf. also: Jürgen Thimme, Art and Culture of the Cyclades, Karlsruhe 1976, nos. 560-563.
Dimension: height: 2,1 / 2,2 / 1,8 cm, width: 1,9 / 1,3 / 1,4 cm
Condition: Broken at the neck, otherwise intact.
Provenance: German private collection, before 1990.
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