Late Bronze Age II

Female idol of the base ring goods

Female idol of the base ring goods statuette of a standing, undressed woman who holds a child.The surface edited with an instrument.Long hook nose, no sign of a mouth, large flattened balls as eyes with a pressed circle to indicate eyeballs.Large, flat ears;They are pierced twice for earrings, which probably consisted of another material.Long, cylindrical neck.The arms are quite short and thin, with grooved fingers.Both are angled to the chest and hold a very small child whose pointed face rests near the left breast.Both arms of the child are stretched out on the chest of the woman;His fingers are indicated by grooves.The woman's breasts are small and painted.Exaggerated wide hips.The legs are close together and taper strongly against the feet that are shown without giving details.Runs around the mother's neck.Roined lines surround the large triangle of shame, which is filled with horizontal rows of sloping, parallel grooves.The back is undecorated.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 (V. Karageghis) H. 21,8 cm