AN ANATOLIAN MARBLE FEMALE IDOL KILIA TYPE, CIRCA 4500-3500 B.C. Height: 11cm Provenance: German Private collection 1979 Berlin Acquired 2008 ,UK private collection Footnotes: Female figures where made during the prehistoric period in western basin of Asia minor. The Figure carved from translucent white marble standing nude body with bulbous head and long neck, eyes and ears. The discovery of American archaeologist in Kilia (Eceabad-Gelipoli) at the end of the 19th century and took them to the American Archaeological Institute in Athens. Archaeologists from the Cycladic Art Museum in Athens dated this idol between 4360 and 3500 BC. German archaeologist Prof. Dr. For Manfred Korfman Kilia idols examined with burnished-dec the Bronze Age transition period, he stated the date of this type to bronze age period. AMENDMENT: ESTIMATE 20,000 - 30,000 GBP