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Rare Miniature Vinca Culture Pottery Head

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Description

**Originally Listed At $200**

Central Europe, Vinca culture, ca. 5700 to 4500 BCE. A miniature head with huge, round, abstract eyes and a stippled border around their rims, set into a trapezoidal, anthropomorphic face. Statuettes like this one, along with large tell (mound) settlements, are the most common finds from this ancient Neolithic culture. Some scholars have linked the rise of these figurines to an increasing sense of place and ownership in the landscape; people at this time seemed to be very interested in marking their location and returning again and again to certain spaces in the landscape, and there is speculation that figurines like this one may have been representative of individuals and left in places to denote ownership or at least a connection to the geography. Size: 0.85" W x 0.5" H (2.2 cm x 1.3 cm); 1.6" H (4.1 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Hagar collection, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Condition

Head is a fragment from a larger figure. Nicely preserved details.

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Rare Miniature Vinca Culture Pottery Head

Name: Rare Miniature Vinca Culture Pottery Head
SKU: 170633782
Price: 50 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $100 - $150

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