Violin-Shaped Idol
Anatolian style
A flat, abstract figure reduced to a long neck, two pointed shoulders and a broad rounded body, like the outline of a violin.
- Style
- Anatolian style; made now
- Form
- Figure on a black stand
- Appearance
- Pale cream, smooth and matt
- Dimensions
- 23 × 10 cm (9 × 3 ⅞ in.)
- Weight
- 1 kg
- Category
- Figures
- Reference
- VFA-025
- Price
- US$ 580
Catalogue Note
The “violin idols” of early Anatolia and the Aegean are among the most modern-looking objects of the ancient world: a human figure pared down to a neck, shoulders and a body, with no face and no limbs. This one is made at a generous scale, and its surface is plain and even.
It sits on a slim black stand and reads, from across a room, as pure sculpture — a good piece for a contemporary interior.
The price includes packing; carriage is quoted at cost once we know the destination. Write to us to buy it, or to ask anything at all beforehand — we answer the same day and send an invoice payable by card or transfer.
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