The bird has been interpreted as a dove, a popular decorative theme in the Cyclades, often encountered on vases and a variant of jewellery.

FIGURINE OF A BIRD

CYCLADIC ART COLLECTION

The Cycladic figurines of this form represent female figures standing naked, with the arms folded below their chest.&nbsp;

Their abstract refined figure probably represents a great "Mother Goddess", symbol of fertility and rejuvenation.

FEMALE FIGURINE

Female figurine of the 'Folded arm' type.

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The Cycladic figurines of this form represent female figures standing naked, with the arms folded below their chest. Their abstract refined figure probably represents a great "Mother Goddess", symbol of fertility and rejuvenation.

​FEMALE FIGURINE

Marble carving in the Aegean had achieved high levels of sophistication already from the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC. Marble vessels were highly estimated by Cycladic people as symbols of wealth and social status. Refined and delicate, strictly obeying to the laws of geometry, the Cycladic “phialai”, bowls made of white marble, underline the simplicity of Cycladic Culture and the vigor of its artistic expression.

 



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