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Ancient Ceramic Figures

Depictions of ancient ceramic figures from various cultures, showcasing unique craftsmanship, styles, and forms of human representation.

Standing female figure, late 19th century, 11 1/2 × 3 1/16 × 3 9/16 in. (29.21 × 7.78 × 9.05 cm) (with base), Wood, Angola, 19th century
Standing female figure, late 19th century, 11 1/2 × 3 1/16 × 3 9/16 in. (29.21 × 7.78 × 9.05 cm) (with base), Wood, Angola, 19th century
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ESCULTURA ANTROPOMORFA TOLTECA. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA. MEXICO CITY. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.
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Romanesque art in the National Art Museum of Catalonia,Barcrelona,bases of the Ripoll baldachin (XII century AC).Santa Maria in Ripoll monastery.
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Female Figure 500 BCE-300 BCE Chupícuaro. Ceramic and pigment . Chupícuaro
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Lowest Lame of Long Tasset. Southern German, Innsbruck(). Date: 1500-1600. Dimensions: . Steel. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Figure of Fertility Goddess ca. 2700-2000 B.C. Baluchistan. Figure of Fertility Goddess. Baluchistan. ca. 2700-2000 B.C.. Terracotta. Ceramics
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Standing Ceramic Female Figure late 3rd millennium B.C. Valdivia. Standing Ceramic Female Figure 317702
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Pre-Columbian artifacts and art in the Larco Museum, Lima, Peru, South America
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Jade statue of Quetzalcoatl, Aztec 1350-1521. Artist: Unknown
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Terracotta gladiator, 1st century BC National Archaeological Museum, Taranto, Apulia, Taranto, Apulia, Italy, Europe
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Etruscan bronze statue of seated child, from Tarquinia, Latium region, Italy, 3rd-2nd Century B.C.
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Scribes from Meketre's Model Granary. Dimensions: H. of right-hand figure: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 12. Reign: early reign of Amenemhat I. Date: ca. 1981-1975 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Seated Zenki, 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573). Wood with pigment; overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.).
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Two Ceramic Figures Seated on a Bench. Culture: Remojadas. Dimensions: H. 8 13/16 x W. 6 7/8 x D. 4 in. (22.5 x 17.5 x 10.2 cm). Date: 6th-9th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Mexico.Mexico city.National Museum of Antropology.Olmec culture. Monumental stone head.
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Pottery figure of a woman holding a dog, Nayarit culture, Mexico 300 BC-AD 300.
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Female Figure 12th-10th century B.C. Tlatilco This solid, hand-modeled ceramic figurine is tan in color and painted with a red pigment. No buttocks are indicated, but the upper thighs swell noticeably on the back of the figure. The hairdo and headband continue to the back of the head, but no anatomical differentiation is offered. Sculpted some three millennia ago in the Valley of Mexico, this figurine belongs to a group of ceramic effigies known collectively as the Tlatilco "pretty ladies." Depicting females with large heads, small waists, and prominent hips, these handheld sculptures present a fairly standardized body type and are typically fired to red, buff, or brown tones. As the popular embodiments of an ideal feminine form, the Tlatilco "pretty ladies" are part of a centuries-long tradition in which eccentricities and religious imagery predominate. Featuring hunchbacks, dwarfs, contorted acrobats, two-headed women, and conjoined twins, the corpus of Tlatilco figurines encompasses
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ARTE PRECOLOMBINO. OLMECA. OLMECAS. Cultura desarrollada por los antiguos pueblos mexicanos de Tabasco y parte meridional de Veracruz (h.200-h.100 a.C.). CABEZA COLOSAL Nº 6, realizada en basalto. Procede de San Lorenzo. Veracruz. Actualmente se encuentra en el Museo Nacional de Antropología. Sala del Golfo de México. México D.F.
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Bronze man and centaur. Culture: Greek. Dimensions: H. 4 3/8 in. (11.10 cm). Date: mid-8th century B.C..Half man, half horse, the centaurs were thought to inhabit remote wooded areas. In much of Greek art, they appear in combat with humans and, by implication, are the antithesis of civilized men. The classic rendering of this subject can be seen in the metopes of the Parthenon in Athens. It is, however, already fully presented in this bronze statuette. The outcome of the conflict is indicated by the end of the spear preserved in the centaur's left flank and by the greater height of the man. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Winged Beast (Tomb Figure). China. Date: 200 BC-101 BC. Dimensions: 22.2 × 43.8 cm (14 7/8 × 27 1/2 in.). Gray earthenware, slip-coated with polychrome pigments. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Lion. "Three -colored" glaze porcelain. Paris, Cernuschi museum. 78842-26 Asian art, ancient ceramic, covered, email, glacure, Chinese pottery, terracotta emaillee, animal, nature
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Archaeological Museum, Lipari Town, Lipari, Lipari Islands, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Human Protom ". Bronze. Shang dynasty (1765 - 1122 BC), China. Paris, Muse Cernuschi. Protom tte humaine Asian art, Chinese art, art of extreme-East, bronze, Shang dynasty, prehistoric time, Shang time, prehistory, protomed, human head
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Africa, Ghana, Accra. National Museum, regarded as one of the finest museums in sub-Saharan Africa. Plaster reproduction of metal face.
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Willlendorf Venus. 25,000 BC. Austria.
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Benin figure in Bronze; Nigeria; West Africa 1500-1700 AD
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Figure of Fertility Goddess Baluchistan ca. 2700-3000 BCE View more. Figure of Fertility Goddess. Baluchistan. ca. 2700-3000 BCE. Terracotta. Ceramics
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Seated Figure, 100 BCE - 250 CE, 7 9/16 x 7 15/16 x 4 5/16 in. (19.21 x 20.16 x 10.95 cm), Ceramic, pigment, Mexico, 1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
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PAREJA DE ANTEPASADOS-COSTA DE MARFIL-TRIBU BAULE-MADERA-. Location: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. NEW YORK CITY.
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Karako (Chinese Child) with drum. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm). Date: 17th-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Funerary Urn with Deity. Culture: Monte Alban. Dimensions: H. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm). Date: ca. 6th century.Ceramic urns were often deposited as funerary offerings at the site of Monte Alban in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The vessels are typically cylindrical and decorated on one side with an applied anthropomorphic figure modeled in clay. The figures often display elaborate headdresses, masks, and distinctive clothing, symbols, or hieroglyphs. Many of the urns have masks with serpent fangs on the lower face and maize vegetation in the headdress that link them to a group of Oaxacan deities. The incised swirling lines around this figure's eyes might represent tattoos or scarification, both common in ancient Mesoamerica.-----Additional ReadingEasby, Elizabeth Kennedy, and John F. Scott1970 Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cat. 157. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Female figure, early 20th century, 51 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (130.8 x 13.3 cm), Wood, Gabon, 19th century
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GUERRERO DESNUDO - COLLADO DE LOS JARDINES - SANTA ELENA (JAEN) - ARTE IBERICO. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Fragment of a Queen's Face ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period This striking fragment is from a statue composed of different materials. The back of the piece shows remains of the mortise that fitted onto a tenon extending from the statue's body which may have been made of Egyptian alabaster to represent a white garment. Two headdresses might have fit this head: the khat-headdress, or the Nubian wig (as seen on the canopic jar lid, 30.8.54, in the same gallery).The royal woman represented here cannot be identified with certainty. It is difficult to imagine that the already aged Queen Tiyethe mother of Akhenaten and highly respected as a wise woman at Amarnawas shown as a beauty of such sensuous character. Queens Nefertiti and Kiya, however, are both possible subjects.Link to the Artist ProjectBarry X Ball on an Egyptian fragment of a queen’s face Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #809. Kids: Fragment of a Queen's Face, Part 1 Play or paus
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estatua funeraria, Imperio Medio de Egipto, XI dinastia, 2000 a. C., madera de ebano policromada, Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian, («Fundaçío Calouste Gulbenkian»), Lisboa, Portugal.
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fine arts, ancient world, Egypt, sculpture, ibis, wood and stucco, 4th century BC, State Collection of Egyptian Art, Munich,
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Chile, Easter Island (aka Rapa Nui). Hanga Roa, stone Moai head, close-up.
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Italic civilizations, Piceni, 6th century b.C. The Warrior of Capestrano, limestone sculpture from the necropolis of ancient Aufinum. Height 2.09 m. Detail.
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Ceramic Huaco portrait representing an elite figure from Peru. Dated 6th Century
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fine arts, Mesoamerica, Colima, sculpture, mask, green stone, Mexico, 2nd century BC, private collection,
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Paul Robeson. Jacob Epstein (1880-1959). Bronze with a brown patina. Conceived in 1928. 34.5cm high.