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Statuette of a women breast-feeding a child

Statuette of a women breast-feeding a child

This statuette belongs to a significant series of figurines with similar characteristics originating from the Phoenician and Punic worlds. Generally dated to the 7th–6th centuries B.C., they may be standing or seated, holding a child or various attributes (musical instruments, a fan, ears of grain, etc.) or simply holding their breast or belly: in the latter case, they are often called dea gravida

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Group of two feminine statuettes

Group of two feminine statuettes

Levantine terracotta Group of two feminine statuettes from the 7th-6th century B.C. Complete and in good condition. Big chips on the basis. Concretion and few polychromy remains (brown-red).

This group belongs to a significant series of figurines with similar characteristics originating from the Phoenician and Punic worlds. Generally dated to the 7th–6th centuries B.C., they may be standing or seated, carrying a child or various attributes (musical instruments, a fan, ears of grain, brooches, etc.) or simply holding their breast or belly: in the latter case, they are often called dea gravida.

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Greek terracotta figure showing the myth of Europe

Greek terracotta figure showing the myth of Europe

The group comprises two figures: with natural grace, a young woman rides astride a bull that is galloping rapidly towards the viewer’s right. Indeed, the young woman is Europa (the mythological figure after whom our continent is named), who was one of the three daughters of the King of Tyre (a major Phoenician coastal city). She was abducted by Zeus on the beach where she was playing with her sisters: the god appeared to her in the form of a magnificent white bull and carried her, riding the waves of the sea, all the way to Crete.

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Bronze Figure of a Man wearing a Chlamyd

Bronze Figure of a Man wearing a Chlamyd

The statuette is made of solid bronze. It depicts a standing male figure, clad in a short cloak (which the Greeks called a chlamys) fastened over the right shoulder with a circular fibula. The man extends his right arm towards the viewer, whilst his left arm is entirely concealed beneath the cloak. In his visible hand, clenched into a fist, he held an attribute. His feet are clad in high ankle boots, fastened with incised laces. His hair, cut short, covers his head like a cap; a few strands are indicated by regular engravings. A button in the centre of the skull probably served to secure a headdress.

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Ex-Voto in the shape of a Female Head

Ex-Voto in the shape of a Female Head

This veiled female head is carved in very high relief on the plaque, whose edges are curved. The two vertical edges, visible in the lower plaque, indicate the borders of the veil. Such protomes were largely widespread in the Greek world, in Attic but also in Eastern Greece and in the Western colonies, between the 6th and the early 5th century B.C.

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Ex-Voto

Statuette of a women breast-feeding a child

Group of two feminine statuettes

Greek terracotta figure showing the myth of Europe

Bronze Figure of a Man wearing a Chlamyd

Ex-Voto in the shape of a Female Head

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