POT IN THE FORM OF A SITTING STATUE

Törökbálint-Dulácska

Different types of pots modelling a female figure were found in the Carpathian basin from as early as the end of the Early Neolithic era. The most beautiful works were made at the end of the Middle Neolithic and the beginning of the Late Neolithic. Amongst these pieces one of the most striking is a pot from Törökbálint-Dulácska, which models a woman sitting in a graceful pose. The engraved and painted decoration depicts the fashion and hairstyle in the period with surprising accuracy. The face and nose are sculpted and engraved while the breasts are marked with little knobs. The curious circumstances of the discovery of this pot seem to reinforce the hypothesis that it was an object connected to a prehistoric religion.

Literature

Virág, Zsuzsanna: Neuere anthropomorphe Darstellungen der Linienbandkeramik aus der Umgebung von Budapest. In: The Late Neolithic of the Middle Danube Region. International Symposium. June 1997, Timişoara, Romania. Timişoara 1998.