- Museum number
- 1886,0310.1
- Description
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Limestone female figure.
A thick slab worked flat, with beak nose, pointed breasts and vulva triangle left in high relief on the front. The eyebrows are marked by incised lines. Above the slit in the vulva triangle are four incised lines to represent the pubic hair; below is a horizontal groove.
- Production date
- 4500BC-3200BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 66 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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The statue was first reported by its collector, Theodore Bent (1885, 235), soon after its acquisition on Karpapthos. On the sculpture, see Fitton 1999, 23, fig. 8.
Bibliography:
Fitton, J. L. (1999), Cycladic Art (2nd ed.) (London: British Museum Press).
Bent, T. 1885. 'The islands of Telos and Karpathos'. Journal of Hellenic Studies 6, 233-242.
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[References from F. Pryce, Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the British Museum. Vol. I, Part I: Prehellenic and Early Greek (1928) - historical text]
Bent in J.H.S., 1885, p. 235; Blinkenberg in Mem. Ant. Nord, 1896, p. 64; Fimmen, Kret.-Myk. Kultur, 2nd ed., p. 14; Hoernes, Urgeschichte d. bild. Kunst, 3rd ed., p. 360; Perrot and Chipiez, Hist. de l’Art, VI, p. 735, n. 1; S. Reinach in Rev. Arch., 1887, II, p. 84; C. Smith in Class. Review, 1887, p. 27.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2015 18 Apr–28 Jun, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2015 14 Jul–6 Sep, Kyushu National Museum, Dazaifu, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2015-2016 20 Sep-11 Jan, Kobe City Museum, Kobe, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2016 13 Feb-18 Jun, National Museum of Western Australia, Perth, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2016-2017 08 Sep-29 Jan, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2017 1 Mar-31 May, National Museum of China, Beijing, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2017 28 Jun-08 Oct, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2018 19 Apr-22 Jul, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2019 15 May-9 Sept, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
- Condition
- Broken off below the hips. Rejoined below breasts.
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1886,0310.1
