Bactrian Stone Idol Figure w/ Marble Head
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Description
Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana (BMAC) (Oxus Civilization), Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 2000 BCE. A idol figure hand-carved from a dark gray stone, the surface incised with triangular and linear motifs that resemble a patterned robe known as a kaunakes. The body is depicted in an abstract lobed form with phytomorphic forms incised across the surfaces, and a hand-carved marble head sits atop the recessed neck cavity. Most excavated examples of this figure type come from sites in Margiana in southern Turkmenistan, a possible center of their production. Size (w/ head): 1.06" L x 3.4" W x 2.69" H (2.7 cm x 8.6 cm x 6.8 cm)
Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection, inherited via grandfather, who collected before 1980
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#183018
Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection, inherited via grandfather, who collected before 1980
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
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#183018
Condition
Head is detachable from body as shown. Head is likely not original to body but is of the same time period. Minor abrasions and nicks, with light earthen deposits within some finer details, otherwise intact and excellent. Great surface smoothness throughout.
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Bactrian Stone Idol Figure w/ Marble Head
Estimate $1,800 - $2,500
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PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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