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Mycenaean Phi Type Idol 1400-1250 BCE Greece / Greek, Mycenaean III, ca. 1400 to 1250 BCE. Fine "
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Mycenaean Phi Type Idol 1400-1250 BCE
Greece / Greek, Mycenaean III, ca. 1400 to 1250 BCE. Fine "Phi" type idol in buff clay. With pinched head and flattened circular body with breasts in relief, on cylindrical stem with flaring base, wearing polos, decorated with red-brown painted linear decoration. Size: 3" (7.5 cm) H.
For similar example see Christies, Sale 9380, May 2002, London, lot 74, realizing $3753.
Provenance: Ex-Harlan J. Berk, Chicago, IL
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108610
Condition
Intact, with minor chipping on foot and minor pigment wear, else quite excellent.
Greece / Greek, Mycenaean III, ca. 1400 to 1250 BCE. Fine "Phi" type idol in buff clay. With pinched head and flattened circular body with breasts in relief, on cylindrical stem with flaring base, wearing polos, decorated with red-brown painted linear decoration. Size: 3" (7.5 cm) H.
For similar example see Christies, Sale 9380, May 2002, London, lot 74, realizing $3753.
Provenance: Ex-Harlan J. Berk, Chicago, IL
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108610
Condition
Intact, with minor chipping on foot and minor pigment wear, else quite excellent.
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Mycenaean Phi Type Idol 1400-1250 BCE
Greece / Greek, Mycenaean III, ca. 1400 to 1250 BCE. Fine "Phi" type idol in buff clay. With pinched head and flattened circular body with breasts in relief, on cylindrical stem with flaring base, wearing polos, decorated with red-brown painted linear decoration. Size: 3" (7.5 cm) H.
For similar example see Christies, Sale 9380, May 2002, London, lot 74, realizing $3753.
Provenance: Ex-Harlan J. Berk, Chicago, IL
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108610
Condition
Intact, with minor chipping on foot and minor pigment wear, else quite excellent.
Greece / Greek, Mycenaean III, ca. 1400 to 1250 BCE. Fine "Phi" type idol in buff clay. With pinched head and flattened circular body with breasts in relief, on cylindrical stem with flaring base, wearing polos, decorated with red-brown painted linear decoration. Size: 3" (7.5 cm) H.
For similar example see Christies, Sale 9380, May 2002, London, lot 74, realizing $3753.
Provenance: Ex-Harlan J. Berk, Chicago, IL
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108610
Condition
Intact, with minor chipping on foot and minor pigment wear, else quite excellent.
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