Property from an Austrian Private Collection
A FRAGMENTARY VINCA TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, VINČA-TORDOS/PLOČNIK PHASE, VINČA B2-C1 PERIOD, CIRCA 5200-4700 B.C.
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Property from an Austrian Private Collection
A FRAGMENTARY VINCA TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, VINČA-TORDOS/PLOČNIK PHASE, VINČA B2-C1 PERIOD, CIRCA 5200-4700 B.C.
the body incised with meander patterns, the head with pierced ears; upper body and nose restored.
Height 15.9 cm.
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Austrian private collection, Vienna, acquired in the 1950s/1960s
Richter Gallery, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
acquired from the above by the present owner 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 (Archäologie in Eurasien, vol. 20), 2007, pp. 211-213, pls. 295-317.