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284 - Female idol of the Tell Halaf type. Northern Mesopotamia, first half of the 5th millennium B.C. Height: 8.5 cm. Light beige clay with reddish-brown paint. Stylized female seated figure with voluminous breasts, stocky legs, and arms curved toward the torso like handles. Head and neck reduced to a cone-shaped protrusion. High hairstyle or headdress on the head. The front of the figure is decorated with dark, curved, parallel lines. Eyes and a nose are painted on the face. With TL analysis! Remnants of sinter; reassembled. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of H.D., Braunschweig, since before 1980. The characteristic features of this type suggest a significance as a mother goddess. Cf. H. Dannheimer (ed.), Idols: Early Images of Gods and Offerings. Exhibition, Munich (1985), p. 24, no. 1; Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the 3rd Millennium B.C., Exhibition, Karlsruhe (1976), no. 569.
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Female idol of the Tell Halaf type. Northern Mesopotamia, first half of the 5th millennium B.C. Height: 8.5 cm. Light beige clay with reddish-brown paint. Stylized female seated figure with voluminous breasts, stocky legs, and arms curved toward the torso like handles. Head and neck reduced to a cone-shaped protrusion. High hairstyle or headdress on the head. The front of the figure is decorated with dark, curved, parallel lines. Eyes and a nose are painted on the face. With TL analysis! Remnants of sinter; reassembled. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of H.D., Braunschweig, since before 1980. The characteristic features of this type suggest a significance as a mother goddess. Cf. H. Dannheimer (ed.), Idols: Early Images of Gods and Offerings. Exhibition, Munich (1985), p. 24, no. 1; Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the 3rd Millennium B.C., Exhibition, Karlsruhe (1976), no. 569.
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Auction 322: Ancient Art (Live Auction, Lots 1–407)Auction house
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