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A light-colored, highly polished stone figure, faceless but with a prominent nose, crossed arms, and a slim, rectangular built. A portion of its legs at bottom have broken off and are missing.

Statuette of a Female Figure

Early Bronze Age, 2600–2400 BCE

Cycladic; probably from the island of Keros

Kéa

Cycladic sculpture is characterized by the abstract treatment of the human form. The vast majority of the white marble statuettes depict pregnant females, suggesting an association with fertility or regenerative forces. Although they are admired today for their stark simplicity, these statuettes once had hair, eyes, jewelry, or other ornaments added in red, blue, and black pigment, which has since faded.

Marble

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium