Vinča Figure with Red and Black Paint

Culture: Southeastern Europe

Period: 5500-4500 B.C.

Material: Clay

Dimensions: 14.3 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 5098

Provenance: Viennese private collection Jovanovic, acquired 1970 from Erwin Richter in Wiener Neustadt. With a certificate confirming the provenance by Erwin Richter. Accompanied by a TL test of the University of Vienna.

Condition: Intact

Description: Clay figure of the Vinča culture with red and black pigmentation. The triangular head with the typical bulging eyes as well as a long, widely protruding pointy nose. The eye lashes facing upwards and the lower ones deeply notched. On the back of the head a clearly set off, three times pierced head cover. The arms are short and sideways protruding. The standing figure wears a gown with a V-cut neckline with black colored ribbons, running cross-shaped around the breasts and circular around the hips. Around the clinched lower body with an expansive pelvis a red skirt with deep carvings at the front and at the back. On the back of the head vertical carvings assuming to be hair strands. The legs are not accentuated. Vinča figures like the present one were used for ritual purposes. Possibly from the area of Supska-Stublina. Accompanied by a TL test of Professor Rudolf Erlach, University of Applied Arts Vienna. Mounted.