Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 104. (Budapest, 2006)

JUDIT LEBEGYEV - ANDRÁS MÁRTON: Early Cycladic Objects in the Collection of Classical Antiquities

together with a pestle or a pigment-mixing implement.' On the piece in Budapest, no trace of pigment could be discovered. FIGURES All the three figures of the Collection belong to the so-called canonical types of the Keros-Syros Culture, Early Cycladic period II (2750/2700-2450/2400 BC); their provenance and find-circumstances are unknown. 6 In 1908, the Museum pur­chased them from Paul Arndt, archaeologist and art dealer from Munich, thus being among the first to acquire a notable Cycladic collection.' EARLY SPF.DOS FIGURE (FIGS. 6-9) 8 The figure is made from greyish-white large-grained marble, and covered with yellowish-grey patina. As opposed to the plasticity of the Spedos type, the figure is flat, angular and asymmetrically designed. The oval head narrowing upwards is relatively large compared to the proportions of the body. Its nose is short and straight, the neck is broad and thick, and the 4-5 shoulders are narrow and sloping. The small size breasts are LUG-HANDLED BOWL IN UV-LIGHT. BUDAPEST. MUSEUM OF TINE ARTS positioned asymmetrically, the folded arms are broad and flat and separated from the body with incision on the back. The left upper arm, contrary to the right, was not separated from the body with a vertical incision by the carver. The fingers are indicated with narrow, irregular marks, while the hips are rep­resented with slant grooved lines. The curves indicating the knees are not in line. The backs of the knees are marked with grooved lines drawn from outside to inside. The slightly bent legs are separated from each other with a V-sectioned groove, and marks made by the abrading tool are easily recognisable in it. The spine is indicated with a grooved line. The toes and the ankles are marked with incision. The incisions and grooves are not carefully executed, which shows on the shaping of the fingers, and on the slant of the hips that was drawn by the carver from two sides. One can see a short, oblique, shallow incised line running towards the loin. The pubic triangle is not marked, which is typical for early Spedos figures.

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