Marbe kilia or "stargazer" idol head and torso. Anatolian, Chalcolithic, 3300-2500 BC. Highly stylized geometric form, similar to Cycladic marble figures of the same period. Height: 7.8cm. Head reglued to body, drill hole for mounting. Cf. Von Bothmer, ed., Glories of the past: Ancient art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection (1990), p. 8.
From the Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection.