Female idol of the base ring goods, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot statue
Female idol of the base ring goods, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1450–1200 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, V 1171.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

Late Bronze Age II

Female idol of the base ring goods

Female idol of the base ring goods statuette of a standing, undressed woman.Hollow, the smooth surface edited with an instrument.Exaggerated long, pointed nose, a short groove as mouth, the eyes reproduced as balls with a pounded circle, large ears, platter head that is over the back.Cylindrical neck, pointed breasts.Slim, arms angled forward, hands support the chest, the fingers indicated by grooves.The triangle of shame is framed by incised lines and filled with horizontal rows of sloping grooves.The legs are close together and flattened, the feet at the end are not angled and have vertical grooves to indicate the toes.Black painting as hair, red brush stroke as mouth, two black ribbons and a red -brown ribbon around the neck, red dot as navel, black color inside the triangle.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. 19,4 cm

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  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, Konsul, Larnaka;1869 purchase

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Antikensammlung, V 1171, Vienna Museum

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