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Ceramic Female Figurines

A collection of ancient ceramic female figures, showcasing varied styles from different cultures, with intricate details and historical significance.

Statue of a male anthropomorphic figure, Polynesian art.
Statue of a male anthropomorphic figure, Polynesian art.
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ESTATUA DE ASHMA. V DINASTIA PROCEDE DE SAQQARA. PIEDRA CALCAREA POLICROMADA. 91 CMS ALTURA. Location: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM. KAIRO. EGYPT.
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Pre-Colombian ceramic art in Larco Museum, Lima, Peru.
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Statue of dwarf Seneb with wife Sentiotes and children, from Giza
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France, Glanum, Statue representing a Gaul in chains, from Glanum triumphal fountain
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Yvette Guilbert, by Rosso Medardo, 1895, 20th Century, chalk. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Ca' Pesaro, International Gallery of Modern Art. Whole artwork. Head Yvette Guilbert unfinished sculptural impressionism masses dissolving treated matter ethereal face.
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House Post Figure (Amo). Culture: Maori people, Te Arawa. Dimensions: H. 43 x W. 11 x D. 5 1/8 in. (109.2 x 27.9 x 13 cm). Date: ca. 1800.Large communal meeting houses served, and continue to serve, as important focal points for the community among the Maori people of New Zealand (Aotearoa). Richly adorned with carvings depicting ancestors and figures from Maori mythology, the meeting house functions as council chamber, guest house, community center, and gathering place for the discussion and debate of important issues. Meeting houses are particularly important as places where the local group's history, customs, and genealogy are preserved and passed down to succeeding generations. The structure of the meeting house itself represents the body of a primoridial ancestor -- the ridge pole of the roof is the spine, the rafters the ribs, the gable boards on the exterior the outstretched arms, and the gable ornament at the peak of the roof the face. The interior is extensively decorated wit
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FIGURA DE FRAILE EN BARRO COCIDO-ARTE POPULAR. Location: ALFARERIA. BUÑO. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.
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The Benin Empire (1440-1897) was a pre-colonial African state in what is now modern Nigeria. It is not to be confused with the modern-day country called Benin (and formerly called Dahomey).
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Netsuke, japanese miniature sculpture. Museum: COLECCION PRIVADA.
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Skull covered in turquoise mosaic. Mixtec 1400-152l, southern Mexico. Pre-Columbian
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Mayan funerary death mask made with jade. From Calkmul, Campeche, Mexico 600-900 AD
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National Archaeological Museum, Villa Cassis Faraone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, important city in the Roman Empire, Aquileia, Friuli, Italy, Aquileia, Friuli, Italy, Europe
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Wood sculpture with two male heads, Kochi, Kerala, India, Asia
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Head made from clay, painted to represent an ancestor figure. Papua New Guinea 1912
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Anthropomorphic figures from Russian Forest Cultures by anonymous artist, clay, 4th-3rd millennium BC, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum
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Anthropology National Museum, Madrid, Spain
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Fire Box in form of a Badger. Artist: Aoki Mokubei (1767-1833). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm). Date: 1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Figure of sitting woman, female figure ("Pretty woman") and pregnant woman sitting. Ceramics. Middle Preclassic Period (1200-400 BC). Central Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
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Head of an old man 200-1 B.C. Ptolemaic Period While related to Hellenistic theatrical mime-type terracottas, scholars have pointed out this small head does not show the same exaggerations and might better be thought of as a kind of genre representation. It is very finely made, testifying to the quality of the production at Memphis where it probably originated, and the large skull relates to an Egyptian type.. Head of an old man. 200-1 B.C.. Pottery. Ptolemaic Period. From Egypt; Probably from Memphite Region, Memphis (Mit Rahina)
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African statues, Saint Louis , Senegal.,01/26/2007
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Life-size theatrical mask, terracotta sculpture unearthed in Apulia, Italy. Ancient Greek civilization, Magna Graecia, 5th-2nd Century BC.
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Goldsmith's art, Germany, 17th century. Statuette of Moor archer in ebony, enamel and precious stones, circa 1690-1700.
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Greek rhyton in the form of a pygmy carrying a dead crane, 5th century BC. Artist: Unknown
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Greenland National Museum, Nuuk, capital of Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions