Bidspirit auction | Phoenician Grey Stone Statue Head

Phoenician Grey Stone Statue Head - Circa 8th-6th century B.C. Carved head from a statue of a kouros with banded hair, large lentoid eyes, soft facial features; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.32.11.1. 340 grams total, 14 cm high including stand (5 1/2 in.). Ex Sotheby's circa 2005.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]