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Marble female figure

ca. 2800–2700 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Technical analyses: Ultraviolet-induced visible luminescence examination, optical microscopy

This thin, flat ambiguous figure is complete with only a mended break at the neck. It consists of an oblong head with a flat crown, thick brow, deeply-set eyes and oblong nose in relief. A long thick neck slightly tapers upward and expands downward toward uneven rounded shoulders. Thick stubs indicate arms and two rudimentary bulbous thighs delineated by an incision that extends from the mid-torso. No other appendages are indicated. The body recalls some very abstract Louros-type figures. (1) Otherwise, it is a unique work by an unskilled craftsman.

Sandy MacGillivray and Dorothy Abramitis

(1) Thimme, Jürgen, ed. 1977, Art and Culture of the Cyclades: Handbook of an Ancient Civilisation. p. 240, cat, no. 91, Karlsruhe: C. F. Müller.

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Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic

Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic

Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic

Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic

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Title: Marble female figure

Period: Early Cycladic I

Date: ca. 2800–2700 BCE

Culture: Cycladic

Medium: Marble

Dimensions: Height: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Width: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm)
Depth: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
Thickness: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: Leonard N. Stern Collection, Loan from the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture

Object Number: L.2022.38.54

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