Property from an Austrian Private Collection
A SEATED TERRACOTTA FIGURE, STARČEVO-KÖRÖS-CRIŞ-COMPLEX, EARLY NEOLITHIC, 6200-5600 B.C.
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July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Property from an Austrian Private Collection
A SEATED TERRACOTTA FIGU𓆏RE, STARČEVO-KÖRÖS-CRIŞ-COMPLEX, EARLY NﷺEOLITHIC, 6200-5600 B.C.
of highy simplified steatopygous form with tapering extremities and diagonally incised right eye, a small circular hole on the back, another on the undersid✤e.
Height 5 cm.
Austrian private collection, Vienna, acqu𒆙ired in the 1950s/1960s
Richter Gallery, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
acquired by t♌he present owner from the abov🐎e on December 19th, 1991
For related examples cf. S. Hansen, Bilder vom Menschen der Steinzeit, Untersuchungen zur anthropomorphen Plastik der Jungsteinzeit und Kupferzeit in Südosteuropa I+II (Archäologie in Eurasien, vol. 20), 2007, pls. 14/8-17, 122, an♛d 150.