RARA DEA MADRE BATTRIANA Lot n° 7

RARE BAPTRIAN MOTHER GODDESS DATE: II millennium B.C. MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE: chamois purified clay, decoration by incision, modelled by hand. Idol representing a stylised seated female figure with a large head with eyes applied like a coffee bean and a beak-like nose, elaborate hairstyle with applied flowers and a braid that descends on the right side, triangular arms stretched out in the shape of a cross, large applied conical breasts and a shaped torso; the lower part of the body stylised as a large bell-shaped robe, decorated with engravings with plant motifs. PRODUCTION: battrian culture of Altyn Depe, Turkmenistan. STATE OF CONSERVATION: lower part of restoration DIMENSIONS: h. cm 14 ORIGIN: private collection, Milan