Phi – Idol
A stylised female Phi-figurine with flat upper body and cylindrical lower body; breasts indicated. The upper body decorated on both sides with wavy lines and the lower body with vertical stripes. From the back of the head to the lower end of the upper body a long plait decorated with horizontal lines. These idols are known as Phi-idols, because of their similarity to the Greek letter Phi Φ. Intact, excellently preserved.
Galerie Günter Puhze – catalogue Kunst der Antike 11, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, no. 98
Exhibition catalogue Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe: Mykene, die sagenhafte Welt des Agamemnon, p. 194 ff and p. 342 no. 248
The British Museum number: 1864,0220.33
German private collection H. W. (1931-2018), acquired 1995 on the German art market.
Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.