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| GREEK DAEDALIC BRONZE FEMALE DOLL The nude figure of slender proportions, curving at the hips and breasts, the arms seperately-made, now missing, attachment pins remaining at the shoulders, the face with pierced eyes, the chin-length hair dressed in large beaded waves, wearing a flat polos on her head. Daedalic pieces are rare in bronze, for a similar example from Delphi, and thought to be of Cretan manufacture, cf. C. Rolley, Greek Bronzes, London, 1986, no. 56. Published: C.C. Vermeule & J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York & Boston, 1992, no. 88-82. Ex John Kluge collection, Morven House, Charlottesville, Virginia. Mid-7th Century BC H. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 36 BLA52 $22,500 Sales |
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