Lot 8
  • 8

A Vinca Terracotta Figure of a Woman, Neolithic period, Vinča-Pločnik-Phase D1, circa 4700-4500 B.C.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • A Vinca Terracotta Figure of a Woman
  • terracotta
  • Height 9.7 cm.
with striated skirt, pierced extended arms, and long beak-like nose.

Provenance

Austrian private collection, Vienna, acquired in the 1950s/1960s
Richter Gallery, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
acquired from the above by the present owner on December 19th, 1991

Catalogue Note

Cf. S. Hansen, Bilder vom Menschen der Steinzeit. Untersuchungen zur anthropomorphen Plastik der Jungsteinzeit und Kupferzeit in Südosteuropa (Archäologie in Eurasien, vol. 20), vol. 1, 2007, p. 206, 210, fig. 104.