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THBTell Halaf Terracotta Mother Goddess Figure
Lot 53
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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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What to give this holiday season? You'll find plenty of options in our Dec. 12 auction that will cater to all tastes and budgets. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
What to give this holiday season? You'll find plenty of options in our Dec. 12 auction that will cater to all tastes and budgets. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Ancient Near East, Anatolia (central Turkey) and northern Syria, Tell Halaf culture, ca. second half of the 5th millennium BCE. A wonderful, hand-built pottery fertility figure seated upon bent legs with ample thighs. She sits with an upright posture, has a slender waist, and holds aloft her voluptuous breasts with slender arms. The figure features sloping shoulders which taper inward to form the narrow neck, and her tab-shaped head exhibits a pinched nose and a conical brow. Applied russet pigment serves as the ground for several black-painted stripes on her body and neck as well as her large, almond-shaped eyes. Size: 1.875" W x 2.875" H (4.8 cm x 7.3 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
For another stylistically similar example without a head, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1985.84.
Provenance: ex-private M.S. collection, New York, USA, acquired from Louis Duloro in the early 2000s
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#151295Repairs to head and one arm, with resurfacing and light overpainting along break lines. Minor nicks and abrasions to limbs, body, and head, with fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice traces of original pigment and light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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