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THBRare Vinca Pottery Idol Figure
Lot 63b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
May 22, 2019
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2019-05-22 10:00:00
2019-05-22 10:00:00
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional art from around the world - Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern; Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, India; Fine Art from the 17th century to present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional art from around the world - Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern; Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, India; Fine Art from the 17th century to present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Central Europe, Vinca culture, ca. 5700 to 4500 BCE. An incredibly ancient anthropomorphic pottery figurine of a standing female with outstretched arms. Her body is decorated with dark-grey pigment and widens to form a flat base, is also decorated with incised striations along her V-shaped neck line as well as impressed medallions lining her belt, and her wide neck tapers to support a roughly triangular head. The abstract visage presents with semicircular eyes, a protruding nose, and striations along her cheeks and coiffure, and the top of the head is lined with several impressed holes which perhaps held additional ornamentation at one time. Size: 2.4" W x 4.1" H (6.1 cm x 10.4 cm); 4.375" H (11.1 cm) on included custom stand.
The Vinca culture flourished from 5500 to 3500 BCE in the territories of what is now Bosnia, Serbia, Romania and Macedonia. It got its name from the present-day village of Vinca, ten kilometers east of Belgrade on the Danube river, where over 150 Vinca settlements have been determined. There is no evidence of war or defenses in the townships, and it appears that the Vinca were a peaceful society combining low-level agriculture with foraging and trade. They produced the first known European examples of a 'proto'-script and were the first people in the world known to smelt copper. They existed in a similar state for almost 2,000 years, following which they appear to have dispersed around the Mediterranean and Aegean.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Richard Wagner collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, acquired in the 1960s
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#146826Professional repair to head and both arms, with light resurfacing along break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to base, body, and head, with light softening to some finer details. Light earthen deposits throughout. One TL drill hole on bottom.Condition
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