Early Bronze Age Stone Double-Headed Disc-Shaped Figurine and Child – PF.0310. © barakatgallery.com.
Origin: Central/Western Anatolia
Circa: 3000 BC to 2500 BC
Dimensions: 6″ (15.2cm) high x 5″ (12.7cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Stone
I have tentatively included it in the Hattian culture pin.
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Jade figurine of the type "horned demon" scanned from a book of the series “China Ancient Jade Collection” published in August 2005 (ISBN 7-80158-626-3, amazon). © Xu Qiang via Friends of Jade.
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Anatolian Idol in the Form of a Stylized Female Figure. 3500 BC - 2500 BC. Silver, height 3.3 cm. Acquired on the European Art Market, 1994. Serial Nº: 13384. © e-tiquities.com.
Several types of plank or slab figures were made during the Early and Middle Bronze Age. The representation of the human figure ranges from those with one neck and abstract linear designs to figures with bodies that are rectangular with anatomical features carved in low relief. The meaning of these idols is speculative but may refer to ritual magic connected with the owner’s desire for multiple births and fertility.
Goddess | Pakistan (Quetta area) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Three Syrian terracotta idols circa 2nd Millenium B.C. © christies.com
One with long cylindrical body, hands held up to chest, the bird-like face with applied disc eyes; one with flat body, arms outstretched, with dotted lines around waist and on necklace, and incised lines on high headdress; and one with flat outstretched arms, headdress and pierced ears
5½ in. (14 cm.) high max. (3)
Terracotta statuette of woman with bird face. OASC The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Date: ca. 1450–1200 B.C. Culture: Cypriot. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 173. This figurine is typical of Cypriot coroplastic art of the Late Cypriot II and III periods. The type, with the pubic triangle accentuated and the breasts clearly shown, is likely of Syrian origin, but Cypriot sculptors created their own variations. Handmade and hollow, it has a shaved surface. Her eyes are pellets surrounded by rings. In each large flat ear are two perforations, each containing an earring; the lower ones have overlapping terminals. The infant stretches out its arms and has depressed circles for its eyes.
Harvest Goddess Statue from Mohenjo Daro, or "Mound of the Dead" is an ancient Indus Valley Civilization city that flourished between 2600 and 1900 BCE. It was one of the first world and ancient Indian cities. The site was discovered in the 1920s. This photo is of a reproduction from a statuette at the National Archaeological Museum, Pakistan on sale at amazon.com.
Marble Double Eye Idol, Tell Brak, Syria, c. 4000 BCE
Early–Middle Bronze Age Figurine from Syria. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Provenance: Formerly collection of the Comtesse de Fontmarin; acquired by the Museum in 1955, purchased from Mrs. Jacques Lindon, New York.
Period:
Early–Middle Bronze Age
Date:
ca. 2200–1750 B.C.
Geography:
Syria
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
3.75 x 2.06 in. (9.53 x 5.23 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics-Sculpture
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1955
Accession Number:
55.188
A Syrian bronze goddess, middle bronze age IIA, c.1950-1750 B.C.E. © christies.com.
Double-faced female Tlatilco figure, Central Mexico, 1200–900 B.C. © Princeton University Art Museum.
Ceramic with traces of pigment.
h. 9.5 cm., w. 4.8 cm., d. 2.1 cm. (3 3/4 × 1 7/8 × 13/16 in.)
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin. 1999-245.
