3rd millennium BC. A group of marble heads, two with carved noses, others with schematic features, from so called Star Gazer idols; mounted on custom made stands. 156 grams total, 55-70mm including stand (2 - 2 3/4"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. In the third millennium BC female figures were made throughout the Mediterranean, including the area of modern Turkey previously known as Anatolia. These figures represent a highly stylised standing nude female with flipper-like arms. Her bulbous head, long neck, and flat body are characteristic of the Kilia type of female figurines, named after the village in Turkey where the first examples were found. The facial features are only schematically rendered, but areas such as the eyes would originally have been enhanced by paint, and in some examples the ears and nose, by contrast, are defined by carving. Chalcolithic female figures were probably connected with the cult of a fertility goddess and some examples have the pubic area emphasised by incision. [5]

Fine condition.