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Lot Essay
This impressive figure is one of the earliest depictions of the human form from the ancient Mediterranean. She stands upright, with her arms positioned on her torso below her breasts. Her corpulent form is nude, with fleshy folds delineated by horizontal carvings along her body.
These Neolithic figures have survived in fewer numbers than their later Cycladic cousins, which were made nearly 2000 years later. The type was made in both terracotta and stone, and examples have been found across the Aegean. They vary in depiction (seated or standing) and modelling of the body. While some are carved in the round, the present example is largely flat on the reverse. For a summary of Neolithic idols, see pp. 52-58 by S.S. Weinberg, in J. Thimme, ed., Art and Culture of the Cyclades.
These Neolithic figures have survived in fewer numbers than their later Cycladic cousins, which were made nearly 2000 years later. The type was made in both terracotta and stone, and examples have been found across the Aegean. They vary in depiction (seated or standing) and modelling of the body. While some are carved in the round, the present example is largely flat on the reverse. For a summary of Neolithic idols, see pp. 52-58 by S.S. Weinberg, in J. Thimme, ed., Art and Culture of the Cyclades.