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Female figurine of the Spedos variety

Female figurine with all the traits of the "Goulandris Master": lyre-shaped head with long triangular nose, markedly sloping shoulders, slim arms, small breasts set wide apart, incised waist, small pubic triangle, curvaceous buttocks, and the larger figurine of the collection. Traces of pigment on the chest and the back of the head, by which the coiffure of the figurine was indicated.

Apart from the "Goulandris Master", several other "masters" have been identified, who are usually named conventionally after the museum or the city which hosts characteristic works by them, after the excavator who brought them to light, or after the collector who possesses them. However, other researchers dismiss...

2800 b.C. - 2300 b.C.
Marble
63.4cm
NG0281
Image and text courtesy of The Museum of Cycladic Art, 2021

Where you'll find this

Museum of Cycladic Art
Permanent collection