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ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Foot from an Idol of Kapsala or Spedos Type

AAT Object Form/Functionidols

AAT Object Form/Functionfigurines

Place CreatedGreece, Europe

CultureCycladic

PeriodEarly Cycladic

Dateca. 3200-2700 BCE

MediumMarble

Credit LineGift of Clara Mont-Claire O'Shea and John S. O'Shea in memory of Patricia A. O'Shea

Dimensions2 x 1 x 1 1/4 in. (5.1 x 2.5 x 3.2 cm)

Object number2003.015.002

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 19, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesJurgen Thimme, Art and Culture of the Cyclades: Handbook of an Ancient Civilization (Karlsruhe: Muller, 1977), 85, figure 71.
Pat Getz-Preziosi, "The "Keros Hoard": Introduction to an Early Cycladic Enigma," in Antidoron: Festschrift fur Jurgen Thimme zum 65. Geburtstag am 26. September 1982, ed. Dieter Metzler, et al. (Karlsruhe: C.F. Muller, 1983), 37, 40, figure 4.
Sotheby's London, Antiquities from the Erlenmeyer Collection (9 July 1990), 84, lot 118.
Lila I Marangou, The Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation: Activities Report 1991-1999 (Athens: Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Cycladic Art, 2001), 19, figure 11.
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2003.
Peggy Sotirakopoulou, The "Keros Hoard": Myth or Reality?: Searching for the Lost Pieces of a Puzzle (Los Angeles: Getty, 2006), 119, number 54.

ProvenanceSaid to be part of the "Keros Hoard". Ex coll. Hans (1900-1967) and Marie-Louise (1912-1997) Erlenmeyer, Basel, Switzerland, said to have been acquired from Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Geneva, Switzerland, prior to 1968. With Sotheby's London, 9 July 1990, lot 118. Purchased by MCCM from Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York.

Status

On view

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