Sitting violin-shaped female figures
- Mediterranean region
- Cycladic culture
- Early Cycladic I (ca. 3000-2800 B.C.)
- White marble
- Height: 18.5 cm (left); height: 14.6 cm (right)
- Formerly Ernest Ascher collection, acquired in 1954 (left); Formerly Josef Mueller collection, acquired before 1939 (right).
- INV. 202-5 ; 202-7
The statuette on the right displays a more feminine appearance. The upper torso is much thinner than the lower part and the general outline is round. Quite small, the cephalic stem has a rounded top and the flat body edges seem to be punched out.
To my knowledge, the circular grooves on the neck as well as the arched incisions – suggesting breasts –, that extend the shoulder curves and the upper part of the arms on the body, are one of a kind, even though a plain violin type idol from Despotiko presents a very similar shape [1].
Published in: Zimmermann 1993, p. 75 and 140 (n°18).
[1] See Thimme 1977, n°38. For parallels after a Despotiko grave, see Zervos 1957, fig 56d.
- Pat Getz-Gentle
- Le profane et le divin, arts de l’Antiquité. Fleurons du musée Barbier-Mueller, musée Barbier-Mueller & Hazan (éd.), 2008 : p. 254.
