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Head of a Kiliya Idol
€ 1500
Western Anatolia, Early Bronze Age II, 2700 – 2400 BC.
White, fine crystalline marble. The flat head with convex facial surface, indicated ears and narrow nose belongs to a female idol of artfully stylized depiction, the type of which is called a Kiliya Idol 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: 2,6 cm, width: 3,9 cm, depth: 3,3 cm
Condition: Broken at the neck, otherwise intact.
Provenance: German private collection, acquired around 1995.
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