哈拉帕文明 - 生育偶像小雕像 - 公元前3300至公元前1700年

INDUS VALLEY IDOL STATUE
Hollow terracotta infant deity in the shape of a bell, adorned with attached arms, breasts, eyebrows and facial features, and recessed rows of dots.
This terracotta fertility idol is hand-formed, with a hollow conical body, firm breasts sustained by a serpentine arm and a slender neck.
The abstract face consists of a prominent nose, pierced flat eyes, and a raised headband encircling its domed head.
Fertility idols of this type were produced for the first time in the Near East in the 9th millennium BC.
Fertility figures have been found throughout the region, made in various materials, stone and terracotta being the most common.
Many similar sculptures were uncovered in decorated rooms serving as sanctuaries in southern Anatolia, in the Indus Valley, and in the Near East (Canaan).
Some of these statues were venerated in sanctuaries, while others may have been votive offerings deposited by worshippers.

Anatolia Minor, Indus Valley - circa 3300/1700 BCE

Dimensions: height 27.2 cm - width 10.3 cm - excellent conservation state

Provenance: United Kingdom, T.M.L. Gallery
Previously: former London collection acquired between 1990 and 2000.

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