Shell limestone Anatolian sphinx with the body of a recumbent lion with short forepaws, the tail turning over the right haunch.
The female head showing a receding forehead, large eyes, heavy cheeks and full lips. Tresses to both sides of face and a queue down the neck.
Shell limestone
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Idol with a disk-head on a long neck and a pouch-like body with arm stumps.
Kusura-type, cf. item 520 in: Jürgen Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976.
Marble
Anatolian, Early Bronze Age II, 2700 to 2400 BC
H. 5.1 cm (2 in)
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Rather large Anatolian idol with small head on a long neck, the pouch-like body with stylized arm stumps.
Kusura-type. Larger variant of item no. 520 in: Jürgen Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976.
Marble
Anatolian, Early Bronze Age II, 2700 to 2400 BC
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Stylized marble female head with flat forehead and triangular face.
Head of an early Anatolian idol usually referred to as a 'star gazer' figure.
For general remarks on the Kilia-type, cf. page 182 and items 560-566 in: J. Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976.
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Rounded bronze bowl with a multiple cord-like molding on the shoulder and a slightly flared narrow rim. The flattish base is indicated with a groove.
For a comparable example formerly in the Godard collection cf. fig. 375 in: Eric De Waele. Bronzes du Luristan et d’Amlash. Louvain-La-Neuve 1982.
Bronze sheet, hammered.
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Large barrel shaped stone bead drilled from both sides. The concentric circle decoration incised prior to glazing.
Stone
Hittite, ca. 15th-13th century BC
H. 4.2 cm (1.65 in), D. 3.9 cm (1.5 in)
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Unusual marble female head with a high, pointed crest arch, the planes of the face joining to form a nose.
Interesting early idol generally referred to as a 'star gazer' figure.
For general remarks on the Kilia-type, cf. page 182 and items 560-566 in: J. Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976.
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Idol with a disk-head on a short neck and a pouch-like body with arm stumps
Variant of the Kusura-type 522 in: J. Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976.
Marble
Anatolian, Early Bronze Age II-III, 3rd Millennium BC
H. 5.4 cm (2.1 in)
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Marble idol head with a low, broad crest arch, the planes of the face joining to form a nose.
Interesting head of an early idol often referred to as a 'star gazer' figure.
For general remarks on the Kilia-type, cf. page 182 and items 560-566 in: J. Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976.
Marble
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Stylized marble idol head with a rounded forehead, the planes of the face joining to form a nose.
Interesting early idol often referred to as a 'star gazer' figure.
For general remarks on the Kilia-type, cf. page 182 and items 560-566 in: J. Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976.
Marble
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