Mycenaean Phi Idol

Culture: Mycenaean

Period: 14th century B.C.

Material: Terrakotta

Dimensions: 11.7 cm high

Price: 9 000 Euro

Ref: 2216

Provenance: Italian private collection, acquired on 27 October 2009 at the auction house Pandolfini, lot 234. Last in the German collection of A. M., Leipzig. With Italian export papers!

Condition: Completely intact except for some minimal color flakings.

Description: Stylized idol of a female worshipper, which is named due to its form after the Greek letter Φ (Phi). The bird-like head with long, semi-circular nose. The flat upper body is circular, the small breasts spherical. The upper body merges to an also stylized, cylindrical lower body which opens up to a base ring towards the foot. The entire body is decorated with wavy, red-brown lines. On the neck and between the upper and lower body a horizontal dividing line.