Lot 46A
Europe, Balkan area, Vinca culture, ca. 5th millennium BCE. A very rare hand-built clay idol of grey hues with nice areas of burnishing representing a dramatic visage - roughly spade-shaped, with large incised eyes lined by many, long eyelashes on both the upper and lower lids, a raised nasal ridge, a pointed prominent nose, and a band of three incised lines across the brow perhaps representing a headdress or coiffure, the back of the flattened head with a row of six partial perforations. Custom stand. Size: 2.25" W x 2.375" H (5.7 cm x 6 cm); 3.375" H (8.6 cm) on stand
The Vinca (also called Turdas or Turdas-Vinca) culture included Neolithic peoples of Southeastern and Central Europe who existed 5500 to 4500 BCE. This culture's name derives from its site, known as Vinca-Belo Brdo, which was a very large tell settlement that Serbian archaeologist Miloje Vasic discovered in 1908. Due to its prowess in agricultural technology, their population grew significantly and produced some of the largest settlements of prehistoric Europe. Although these settlements were distinguished by unusually strong cultural uniformity due to a long-distance exchange of ritual articles, scholars do not believe that they were politically unified. One signature of the Vinca culture is the wide variety of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines, including this example, created by its talented artisans.
Provenance: ex-Marko Milenkovic collection, Belgrade, then Vienna, 1950's-70's
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- Condition: A fragment from a larger figure with old losses to peripheries
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