371, Lot: 1182. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marbe kilia or “stargazer” idol head. Anatolian, Chalcolithic, 3300-2500 BC. An elegantly simple, stylized depiction of the human head. Height: 4.7cm. Broken at top of neck, 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.