Greek Female Figure (Idol)

About This Item

Female figure (idol)
Early Aegean, Cycladic, Bronze Age, Early Cycladic II-III Period, about 2300-2000 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Cyclades, Greece
Marble from the Greek islands
Height: 7 7/8 in.; width at shoulders: 3 3/8 in.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Klejman, 61.1089

This marble sculpture is of Chalandriani variety. The arms are folded, the left above the right, as is usually the case. The legs and toes are indicated by incised lines. A similar line runs down the back from between the shoulders to the division of the feet. Several of this type were found in a cemetery at Chalandriani on the island of Syros, Greece. The museum had a sculptor create a rendition of the original and then had it cast in resin.

H 8 ¼ x W 3 x D 2 ½ inches.
Resin.