NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A VINCA TERRACOTTA SEATED MALE FIGURE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
With characteristic triangular head, pointed chin and broad shoulders, wearing a V-necked, long-sleeved tunic with pleated sleeves, and short skirt with incised chevron decoration, all preserving remains of red and black pigment with white paste in the incised decoration, wearing a red cap with hair in a long plait hanging down the back, seated with hands on hips, on a low bench with ram-head terminals, incised decoration on the front and back, each arm with two pierced holes
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, the Netherlands; acquired 1960s and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The Vinca culture represented one of the earliest settled farming communities of southeastern Europe, dating from the 7th-5th Millennium B.C. The best known site is that of Vinca-Belo Brdo, 15 km from modern- day Belgrade, first excavated in 1908 by Miloje Vasic. The Vinca period saw the development of unprecedented levels of settlement in terms of size and density in Neolithic Europe.

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