Christies Catalogue: The Schuster master: A Cycladic Marble masterpiece

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Christies Catalogue: The Schuster master: A Cycladic Marble masterpiece:
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Christie’s sale Catalogue

Title: The Schuster Master. ACycladic Marble masterpiece

Date of Sale: 9th December2010

Venue of Sale: new York

Slimline 50 page Glossy ColourCatalogue

NAME-PIECE OF THE SCHUSTER MASTER, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2400 B.C.
Superbly sculpted, the lyre-shaped head angled backwards, with a prominentaquiline nose and a pointed chin, the crown of the head arching, with flaring\"finials\" at the corners and a crescent-shaped ridge

Provenance

Collection of Madame Marion Schuster, Lausanne,acquired before 1965.
with Robin Symes, London, 1990s.
U.S. Private Collection.
with Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva.

This Cataloguewould be of great interest and a great reference source for Collectors,Dealers, Students, Teachers, Scholars, Academics, Artists, Set Designers,Interior Designers, Costume Designers, and anyone who is interested in theHistory, Art, Culture, Craftsmanship and beauty of Cycladic art.

Please be aware thatyou are offerding for the Catalogue of the sale and not the actual sale items.The Catalogues themselves are collector’s pieces as they are printed in smallquantities by the sale Houses and are fairly expensive to buy. They are fullof unusual, historical, collectable, expensive, irreplaceable pieces and areuseful for interest reference and inspiration.