Rare Anatolian Marble “Stargazer” Kilia-Type Head Fragment 500 BCE–500 CE

500 BCE–500 CE

Condition is Very Fine with an attractive original green-brown patina

Examples of this type were often associated with ritual or funerary contexts within the Maya region of Guatemala

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Rare Anatolian Marble “Stargazer” Kilia-Type Head Fragment 500 BCE–500 CEEarly Bronze Age, ca. 30002000 BCE Anatolia (Modern day Turkey) A rare and evocative marble head fragment belonging to the celebrated Kilia type Stargazer tradition of Early Bronze Age Anatolia. These enigmatic figures are among the earliest known examples of abstract sculptural form, characterized by their simplified anatomy and upward tilted heads, as if gazing toward the heavens. The present fragment preserves the distinctive elongated neck and