Guennol Stargazer | |
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Location | Private collection |
The Guennol Stargazer is a nine-inch, 5,000-year-old marble idol from Anatolia.[1][2]
The statue depicts a nude human figure, referred to as a "stargazer" as the figure appears to look upward.[3][4][5] Approximately fifteen intact stargazer statues exist, along with fragments of other stargazer figures. Like other stargazer figures, Guennol Stargazer has a mark on its neck indicating it may have been ritually "killed" before it was buried.[5]
When placed for auction in New York in 2017, the Turkish government sued, claiming it had been illegally exported. By 2023 this claim seemed to have failed.
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