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THBTell Halaf Painted Pottery Seated Mother Goddess Figure
Lot 93c
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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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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Ancient Near East, Anatolia (central Turkey) or northern Syria, Tell Halaf area, ca. 6500 to 4500 BCE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery fertility figure depicting a seated woman with voluptuous breasts held aloft by curved arms, a slender waist, and thighs that emphasize her fruitfulness. The figure features sloping shoulders which taper inward to form the slender neck, and her tab-shaped head exhibits a pinched nose and a simple head band. Applied russet-hued pigment creates her long-lashed, almond-shaped eyes, groups of stripes on her arms, legs, and breasts, and decorations on her head band. Size: 1.75" W x 3.4" H (4.4 cm x 8.6 cm).
As early as the 7th millennium BCE, cultures in the Near East began creating organized settlements with highly developed religious as well as funerary practices. The Halaf culture of Anatolia (central Turkey) and northern Syria produced mesmerizing female figurines with fertility attributes. Whether images like these were intended to represent real, ideal, or divine women is unknown; however, scholars believe that their primary purpose was to encourage female fertility.
For a stylistically similar example, please see The Brooklyn Museum, accession number 1990.14.
Another stylistically similar example, of a larger size, hammered for $5,400 at Christie's, New York "Antiquities" auction (sale 1584, December 9, 2005, lot 105).
Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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#149654Repaired from multiple large pieces and restoration to right breast and arm, with light resurfacing along break lines and new material. Abrasions and nicks to limbs, body, and head, with fading to original pigmentation, and minor encrustations. Nice traces of original pigment across front of figure.Condition
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