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The Venus of Die Rote von Mauern
Die Rote von Mauern is a venus statuette in limestone, 27 000 years old, covered with red ochre when found at the Weinberghöhlen caves near Mauern, Bavaria. Lothar Zotz, on 24th August 1948, found the 72 mm tall limestone venus figure on the outer slope between cavities two and three of the Weinberghöhlen.
Egyptian Figurine
Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty 12–18 1550 B.C.
Limestone
H. 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); W. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in)
Limestone statue of a veiled female votary
Period: Late Hellenistic
Date: 1st century B.C.
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Limestone
~Relief of Aphrodite in a niche. Date: A.D. ca. 200-256 Medium: Limestone Culture: Dura-Europos (Syria) Period: Graeco-Roman or Parthian
Carved limestone statue of woman
Early Dynastic III. 2500 B.C.
The British Museum
Limestone figure of a woman via Greek and Roman Art
Medium: Limestone
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Ancient Idol
Turkey
Limestone
5.8 cm
22 000 – 20 000 BCE
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Standing Figurine
Cyprus
Archaic period (700–475 B.C.)c. 500–475 B.C.
Sandy limestone
18 9/16 x 5 1/16 x 2 1/2 in. (47.2 x 12.8 x 6.4 cm)
This serene columnar sculpture may represent a goddess or votary. Conceived frontally with a flat back, the figure holds a flower to her breast with her right hand, while grasping another object at her left side. She wears an elegantly designed head cloth and necklace of Near Eastern origin. Her almond-shaped eyes and smiling expression, however, derive from Greek Archaic sculptural traditions. This mixture of styles reflects the varied political and cultural allegiances of Cyprus during the Archaic period.
Arabia Goddess
ca. 4th century AD
Limestone
Maybe depicting an unnamed south Arabian goddess, perhaps Shams
Venus of Renancourt
A limestone statuette of a shapely woman some 23,000 years old has been discovered in northern France in what archaeologists described as an ‘exceptional’ find. Archaeologists stumbled on the Paleolithic era sculpture during a dig in the summer in Amiens, the first such find in half a century.
Group of Two Women and a Child
Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty 12–18
Date: ca.1981–1500 B.C.
Geography: Egypt
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: H. 7.1 cm (2 13/16 in.); W. 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.); L. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Etruscan urn with decorated lid
Etruscan urns are often decorated with mythological scenes and carved image of the deceased on top of the urn. The urn is made from limestone. 104 cm high and 75cm long (40 15/16 by 29 ½ inch).
Etruscan
Late Period, 3rd century BC.
Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Figurine from Kostenki
23 000 - 21 000 BC Limestone
H 10.2 cm This figurine represents the Paleolithic 'Venus', with overlarge breasts and belly. The faceless head bends towards the chest while the arms are pressed to the body with hands on the belly. Covering the surface of the head are rows of incisions indicating a hair style or cap. Relief work in the form of a tight plait convey a breast ornament tied up at the back. There are bracelets on the arms.
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 310–30 B.C.
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) ; W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
The subject of this statuette is childbirth. Here, as on the relief fragment (24.97.92) displayed nearby in this case, mother and infant are both shown, suggesting the function of this object was a votive offering of thanks. The sense of exhaustion vividly conveyed by the mother's reclining pose makes an interesting contrast to the more restrained characterization of childbirth depicted on the relief.
Venus of Renancourt
A limestone statuette of a shapely woman some 23,000 years old has been discovered in northern France in what archaeologists described as an 'exceptional' find. Archaeologists stumbled on the Paleolithic era sculpture during a dig in the summer in Amiens, the first such find in half a century.
Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–18
Date: ca. 1981–1550 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, MMA excavations
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: h. 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in)
