Cypriot Early Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Plank Idol

This lot from the Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, NC is accompanied by two documents demonstrating that the collection was acquired legally with the full knowledge of the Cypriot Government.

The first document, a one page official message dated January 1990 and signed by Cypriot President George Vassiliou, praises the North Carolina museum and endorses its cultural and historic mission.

The second document is a notarized affidavit signed by the museum's director. It declares that all of the museum's antiquities were acquired legally with the full knowledge of the Cypriot Government and that there were documented visits to the museum by Cypriot dignitaries.

Cypriot Early Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Plank Idol, circa 2000 B.C., incised decoration to include hair, eyes, and a three-strand necklace; raised nose above slit mouth; two piercings on either side of the head.

11.75 in.

A Single-Owner Collection of Cypriot History & Culture from The Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina

Reconstructed from fragments; the lower third restored.