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Ivory human figurines - attachments

Ο-Ε238, Ο-Ε239
Bone (Ivory)
Conserved and restored
Height: 7.5 cm.
Nirou Chani
"River Tomb"
΄Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙI period.:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
V
Case:
49
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisation
Miniature art
Description
Two miniature bone or ivory male figurines, each carved in the round from a single piece of raw material. Both terminate in tenons, projections that fitted into a base. The figures are depicted in an attitude of worship, while the heads are particularly finely detailed despite the small size of the objects. The better-preserved figurine stands on a rod.
Bibliography:
Hood, S. Η τέχνη στην προϊστορική Ελλάδα, Kardamitsas Editions (in translation), Athens, 1987 (1st ed.), 146.
Author:
G. F.


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