G150
Cycladic
#10
Cycladic #10
Prehistoric & Early Greek
Atrium Gallery
1972.118.104
Marble Female. Cycladic (1972.118.104)
4500-4000 BCE
Velouté
Is she in a squat position given the wrinkle on belly?
64246 Marble Head
Cycladic, early Spedos Type
eyes in “ghost image”: slight raised marble where paints used to protect the marble from erosion before faded (a circle on right cheek)
1413015 Krater
prothesis, laying out the deceased
bier, coffin frame
Design with holes: Libation flow down
/ Charioteer with a baby: Madonna and Chid pose
/ 4 reins for 2 horses, but also 4 reins for one horse
/ why diamond shape under horse and in every gap?
/ what are the figures with flying drapery on lower chariot register? - hourglass shield
34112 Krater
metope, central panel: shows prothesis
Hourglass shaped shield from late Bronze Age
/ doesn’t have holes for libation
L2022389 Marble Female
one of largest Cycladic
\\ striated marble
\\ demarcated by shallow vertical groove
/ different nose from the first head, this nose pops while the other is a perfect curve from forehead
/ again, wrinkle at belly and legs, indicating a bend down pose