Amlash Terracotta Idolo steatopigo in terracotta. 14,5 cm H. inizio I millennio a.C. Licenza di importazione spagnola.

Steatopygous Terracotta Idol

Amlash, Near Eastern, early 1st millennium B.C.

Height 14,5 cm

CONDITION: Good condition.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, C. M., Paris, 1960.

DOCUMENTS: Import / Export license by the Ministry of Culture.

A statuette made of red-brown clay, depicting a stylised idol figure, standing naked, with heavily exaggerated broad hips and thighs, and large rounded buttocks protruding behind. Her short legs are tapering and her stumpy arms are outstretched at right angles to the body. The elongated neck, almost as thick as the upper body, ends in a long head without any perceptible transition.

The term steatopygous is commonly used for these figures; the word derives from Greek stear (genitive steatos) = "fat, tallow" and puge = "rump, bottom" and is used to indicate people having excessively fat or prominent buttocks.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Gisela Zahlhaas (Hrsg.), Idole. Frühe Götterbilder und Opferbeigaben (Ausstellungskataloge der prähistorischen Staatssammlung, Herausgegeben von Hermann Dannheimer, Band 12) (Mainz am Rhein, Philipp von Zabern, 1985).

Notes:

- The piece includes authenticity certificate.
- The piece includes Spanish Export License (Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested, can take between 1-2 weeks maximum.
- The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.