Amlash Steatopygous Figure

Early 1st millennium BC. A terracotta figurine of a standing female of steatopygous profile with pinched facial features, pellet eyes, flange ears, applied pellet breasts and navel, arms curved round and hands placed flat on the chest, broad hips and stub legs; mounted on a custom-made stand. See D'Amore, P., L'Argilla e il Torino, Tecniche e Tipologie vascolari Iraniche dal Periodo del Ferro all'età dell'Impero Sasanide, Rome, 1999, no.104, for a similarly stylised female figure dating to 1200-1000 BC.536 grams total, 27cm including stand (10 3/4"). From the D M collection, Oxford, UK; acquired prior to 1990.
Condition Report: Fine condition.