Ancient Female Figurines

A range of ancient clay figurines representing women, showcasing diverse styles from different cultures, each with unique adornments and artistic expressions.

Standing female figure, 250 BCE - 300 CE, 5 3/8 x 3 x 1 1/8 in. (13.7 x 7.6 x 2.9 cm), Earthenware, Mexico, 3rd century BCE - 4th century CE

Plastic from Syria and Upper Mesopotamia.

Female Figurine with Topknot 1000 BCE-300 BCE Japan. JÙmon figurines vary greatly in size, manufacture, and refinement, but they are often found broken, having been used or thrown away as part of a ritual. Their clothing, accessories, and hair can be stunningly complex and may indicate the appearance of the people who made them to some degree. This figure has quite a bit of personal adornment. Most noticeable is the elaborate hairstyle; patterns on the shoulders may indicate a type of shawl, or perhaps tattoos or body painting. Red pigment covers the hair, forehead, and mouth. The lower part of the left leg is a recent restoration, modeled on the remaining leg. This figure was unearthed in Aomori prefecture, the center of the vigorous and artistically productive JÙmon culture.. Earthenware .

Ceramic Seated Female Figure 11th-16th century Carchi. Ceramic Seated Female Figure 314196

Water Deity (Chalchiuhtlicue) 15th-early 16th century Aztec. Water Deity (Chalchiuhtlicue) 307650

FIGURA HUMANA SEDENTE - PIEDRA - CULTURA AZTECA - PERIODO POSTCLASICO TARDIO (1250-1520 DC) - MEXICO CENTRAL. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Offering bearer statuette. Dimensions: h. 47 cm (18 1/2 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 12-13. Date: ca. 1981-1640 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Female Figurine. Chupícuaro; Guanajuato or Michoacán, Mexico. Date: 500 BC-300 BC. Dimensions: H. 19 cm (7 1/2 in.). Ceramic and pigment. Origin: Guanajuato state. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Standing female figure, 250 BCE - 300 CE, 5 3/8 x 3 x 1 1/8 in. (13.7 x 7.6 x 2.9 cm), Earthenware, Mexico, 3rd century BCE - 4th century CE

Male Figure. Culture: Atlantic Watershed. Dimensions: H. 5 3/8 x W. 2 3/8 x D. 2 1/4 in. (13.7 x 6.1 x 5.7 cm). Date: 4th-8th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Statue of Ramesses II (discovered at Mit Rahina), is a 3,200-year-old figure of Ramesses II, King of Egypt

The Ancient Jama-Coaque Culture. Northern coast of Ecuador. 500 BC-500 AD. Ceramic figure made in mold. He holds in his hands a fabric. From Ecuadorina coast. Private collection.

Figure of woman with child. Painted ceramics. Veracruz. Late Classic Period (700-900 AD). Mexico, Gulf Coast. Museum of The Americas. Madrid, Spain.

Mayan ceramic figure of a woman probably a noble. Jaina, Chiapas, Mexico 600-900 AD

Priest Figure, 15th-18th century, 9-11/16 x 5-1/4 x 3-5/16 in. (24.6 x 13.3 x 8.4 cm), Terra cotta, Ghana, 15th-18th century

Figure of a Cynocephalus Baboon Late Period 664-332 B.C. View more. Figure of a Cynocephalus Baboon. 664-332 B.C.. Brown pottery. Late Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb 820, MMA excavations, 1929-30. Dynasty 26-30

Tomb figure in the shape of a woman with a timbrel, anonymous, c. 220 - c. 589 Grafiguur of earthenware, painted in red, white and black. The standing woman is dressed in a red robe with V-neck and wide sleeves and has a highly ramped hairstyle. She holds a tambourine in her hand. Posted on a loose wooden pedestal from later date. China Earthenware. Pedimate: Wood (Plant Material) painting Grafiguur of earthenware, painted in red, white and black. The standing woman is dressed in a red robe with V-neck and wide sleeves and has a highly ramped hairstyle. She holds a tambourine in her hand. Posted on a loose wooden pedestal from later date. China Earthenware. Pedimate: Wood (Plant Material) painting

Upper part of a shabti of Seti I ca. 1294-1279 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside. Upper part of a shabti of Seti I. ca. 1294-1279 B.C.. Faience. New Kingdom, Ramesside. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Seti I (KV 17), Chip near tomb, Davis/Jones excavations, 1909. Dynasty 19

The Urfa Statue is the oldest known life-sized statue. It was unearthed in Urfa, Balikligol, in the area of a large Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement. Sanliurfa Museum, Sanliurfa, Turkey. (Editorial Use Only)

statue of an Egyptian Noble. From a Sixth Dynasty tomb, 2323-2150 BC

Seated Female Figure, 3rd-7th century, 12 1/4 x 7 in. (31.1 x 17.78 cm), Polychromed earthenware, Mexico, 3rd-7th century

Terracotta female figurine originating from Colombia, detail of upper part. Pre-Colombian Quimbayas Civilization, 10th-16th Century.

Standing Ceramic Figure. Culture: Moche. Dimensions: H x W: 6 x 3 1/4in. (15.2 x 8.3cm). Date: 3rd-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Standing female figure, 250 BCE - 300 CE, 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in. (7 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm), Earthenware, Mexico, 3rd century BCE - 4th century CE

Model Domestic figure. Dimensions: h. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 12. Date: ca. 1981-1640 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Late Period (715-332 BC), alabaster statuette of the Egyptian god Ptah; patron of the city of Memphis

Amulet of the Goddess Isis 1070 BCE-656 BCE Egypt. Ceramic . Ancient Egyptian

Seated Female Figure

Bès or good genius. Bronze. Gallo-Roman time. Paris, Carnavalet museum. BES Copper alloy, antique, good genius, godmade god, Egyptian divinity, Gallo-Roman time, statuette, ancient

Female Figurine, c. 1500-500 BC. Mexico, Guerrero, Xalitla, Xochipala style. Earthenware with pigment; overall: 9.8 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm (3 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in.).

Ancient Egyptian statue of a man bearing a naos with the image of the god Harpocrates. Diorite. 26th Dynasty (664-525 BC). Torso and head reconstructed. statue represents the act of offering.

Male Reliquary Figure 19th century or older Teke peoples This depiction of a standing male figure is carved from wood and serves as the core of this accumulative sculpture. The barrel-shaped torso of the figure is tightly packed with powerful medicinal substances (bonga), which fill the cavity of the figures body. Characteristic to Teke ancestor representation by this master carver are the distinct facial features, including the slit eyes, triangular nostrils, projected forehead, and thin vertical parallel cicatrices along the cheeks and temples. The packed and encrusted abdomen emerges from a pair of sturdy, cylindrical legs with a slight conical point to indicate a bent of the knees but no feet are defined in carving. The figure bears a double-stacked coiffure and most notably, a wedge-shaped beard that protrudes directly underneath the wide mouth. The general outline of the figure remains evident beneath the additional wrapping. Indeed, it is perhaps by the concealment of the trunk

Limestone statuette of a servant grinding grain. Dated 2181 BC

Madrid, M.A.N. Arte Egipcio. Amuleto con la figura del Dios Bes, divinidad enana. Barro cocido. (alt 11.5, anch.4.6) s.VI-III a.c. Baja Época. Procedencia: Tebas, Egipto. Colección J.V.Abargues. Museum: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Bronze statuette depicting seated Imhotep, designer of Step Pyramid at Saqqara

Sitzende Figur Seated figure, Nayarit, Mexico, 100 BC - 300 AD, ceramic, MuEC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23171253

Bench Figure 5th-2nd century B.C. Epi-Olmec A stylized figure sits on a bench gazing forward in this small-scale greenstone sculpture. The individual depicted has stylized proportions and elongated features, though largely displaying human attributes. The sculptor carefully contoured the face of the individual with a stolid expression, deeply drilling the eyes for the addition of probable inlays of other precious material like shell or obsidian. The squared ears also contain small drill holes for the addition of beads or other adornments. The arms, separated from the body by linear drill holes, display subtle musculature and terminate in blocky hands that rest on the bench to the side of either leg. Drilled holes through each shoulder may have once served to attach other perishable elements such as a cloak or other garment, and other holes in the throne might have served the same function. The sculpture suffered considerable damage in the past, including to the rear of the face, which

Seated Male Figure. Mexico, Jalisco, 200 BCE-300 CE. Ceramics. Slip-painted ceramic

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Male Figure Vessel, 100 BCE - 100 CE, 6 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (17 x 8.6 x 8.9 cm), Terracotta, Colombia, 1st century BCE - 2nd century CE

Female Figure Seated on Stool. Culture: Colima. Dimensions: H. 20 x W. 12 1/2 x H. 11 5/16 in. (50.8 x 31.8 x 28.8 cm). Date: 2nd-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Terracotta seated figure ca. 6th century B.C. Greek, Boeotian Because of her seated position and the headdress, this figure probably represents a goddess. Her skirt is decorated with patterns of triangles and half circles; she wears a necklace with a pendant.. Terracotta seated figure. Greek, Boeotian. ca. 6th century B.C.. Terracotta. Archaic. Terracottas

Chalchiuhtlicue, c. 1200-1521, 20 x 8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. (50.8 x 21.27 x 16.83 cm) (without base)23 x 8 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (58.42 x 21.27 x 20.64 cm) (with base), Gray basalt, red ochre, Mexico, 13th-16th century, Chalchiuhtlicue (Chal-chee-oot-LEE-kway), literally 'She of the Jade Skirt,' is the Mexica (meh-SHEE-kah) goddess of water and the wife of rain god Tlaloc (TLAH-loak). She is identifiable by her distinctive wide headband with large tassels. Precious stone or shell was once inlaid into her eyes, the incisions in her cheeks, and the cavity in her chest. However, this sculpture assumes the pose characteristic of another important Mexica goddess. Her pose, standing with her hands extending outward as if she were holding something, is typical of the corn goddess Chicomecoatl (Chee-koh-may-KOH-atl). As Chicomecoatl, she would have likely held small ears of an ancient variety of corn, which are now lost. Both goddesses are associated with fertility. A sculpture like this one would have be

Effigy Jar Depicting a Dwarf Carrying a Puma 180 BCE-500 CE North Coast. Ceramic and pigment . Moche

Standing Figure 5th-1st century B.C. Esteros or Bahía. Standing Figure 317724

Tomb Attendant, c. 600, 7 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4in. (19 x 4.4 x 4.4cm), Polychromed ceramic, China, 6th-7th century

Precolombian. Male figure holding a trophy head. Costa Rica. 1000-1500. Stone. Museum of Cutures of the World. Barcelona. Spain.

Khereduankh, the mother of Imhotep 332-30 B.C. Ptolemaic Period Khereduankh, the mother of Imhotep in late beliefs, received divine status like her son. Typically she wears on her short rounded hairstyle the feather crown and double uraei of an Egyptian queen-like goddess, and carries a queen's flywhisk scepter.. Khereduankh, the mother of Imhotep 552829

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Female Figure. Culture: Tlatilco. Dimensions: H. 4 11/16 in. (11.8 cm). Date: 10th century B.C..This solid, hand-modeled ceramic figurine is nude except for a headband that continues around to the back of the head. It has long, loose hair indicated down the back to waist level, with breasts and buttocks only faintly indicated. The clay is yellow-tan in color and painted red. Sculpted some three millennia ago in the Valley of Mexico, this figurine belongs to a group of ceramic effigies known collectively as the Tlatilco "pretty ladies." Depicting females with large heads, small waists, and prominent hips, these handheld sculptures present a fairly standardized body type and are typically fired to red, buff, or brown tones. As the popular embodiments of an ideal feminine form, the Tlatilco "pretty ladies" are part of a centuries-long tradition in which eccentricities and religious imagery predominate. Featuring hunchbacks, dwarfs, contorted acrobats, two-headed women, and conjoined twi

Amulet of the God Thoth. Egyptian. Date: 664 BC-332 BC. Dimensions: 5.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm (2 1/8 × 9/16 × 9/16 in.). Faience. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.

The youth from Cumpich. Mayan stone sculpture from Mexico. 600-900 AD

Female Figure 6th-9th century Remojadas. Female Figure 312770

Tuff statue of centaur, from Vulci, Viterbo province, Italy

Terracotta Head, Nok, 500BC-200 AD. NIGERIA.

The Guardian of the City Wall. Assyrian, about 835 BC From Ashur. the subject is the god Kidudu, guardian spirit of the wall of the city of Ashur.

Male figurine in ceramic; Jama culture; Mesoamerican. Equator 350-400 AD

Goddess Astarte (Ishtar), playing a tambourine, 8th. c. BC.

GREEK ART. CYPRUS. Apollo with his lyre. Found in Poros. Dated between 600-550 b.C. Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art. Athens. Greece.

Male Figure. Culture: Colima. Dimensions: Height 4-7/8 in.. Date: 2nd century B.C.-A.D. 3rd century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Magical Funerary Figure ca. 1550-1186 B.C. Late New Kingdom. Magical Funerary Figure. ca. 1550-1186 B.C.. Wood with black resinous coating. Late New Kingdom. Said to be from Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna; From Egypt. Dynasty 18-19

ARTE EGIPCIO. ESCULTURA DE AMENOFIS IV (AMENHOTEP) o AKHENATON, faraón de la dinastía XVIII (h.1405-1367 a.C.). Museo de Luxor. Egipto.

Plaque: Warrior Chief. Culture: Edo peoples. Dimensions: H. 18 11/16 x W. 8 7/16 x D. 2 3/8 in. (47.4 x 21.5 x 6.1 cm). Date: 1550-1680. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Smiling human figure. Ceramics. El Tajin culture. Remojadas Phase, Superior II. Middle and Late Classic Period (400-900 AD). Mexico, Gulf Coast. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.

Bust of a Man. Egyptian. Date: 1550 BC-1295 BC. Dimensions: 45.7 × 34.3 × 20.3 cm (18 × 13 1/2 × 8 in.). Stone and pigment. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.

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Standing Figure, late 19th century, 111/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 in. (29.2 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm), Wood, Tanzania or Mozambique, 19th century

Standing female figurine ca. 600-480 B.C. Cypriot Such terracottas were important for introducing Near Eastern iconographical types into the Greek world.. Standing female figurine 241136

Benin Bronze metal plaque that decorated the royal palace of the Benin Kingdom in modern-day Nigeria. the plaques form the best known examples of Benin art, created by the Edo people from the thirteenth century

Male Ancestor Figure 100 B.C.-A.D. 200 Nayarit. Male Ancestor Figure 319003

Vasija con figura humana sedente. Cerámica. Cultura Jama-Coaque, Período de Desarrollo Regional (500 a. C. -500 d. C.). Ecuador. Museo de AMérica. Madrid. España.

Animal guardian of tomb ". Terracotta. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Paris, Cernuschi museum. Chinese art, Chinese ceramic, tang dynasty, tombard, terracotta, animal

Abruzzo, Chieti, Chieti, Museo Nazionale di Antichita, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Seated FemaleFigure. Artist: Unknown

Standing Figure 1st-5th century Jama-Coaque The best-known aspects of the Jama Coaque culture are its ceramic vessels and figurines probably made for ritual purposes. Named for the modern towns of Jama and Coaque in the coastal lowlands of Ecuador's Manabí Province, they define its archaeological limits. Jama Coaque figures share similarities with other coastal sites of the period, but are often more richly clothed and elaborately adorned. Depicting warriors, musicians, hunters, and dancers, the figures were mold-made and have appliqué decorations that were made in smaller molds. Some figures are attached to vessels, but most are freestanding like this example. The backs of the figures were made by hand and not well finished, indicating that the figures were meant to be seen only from the front.This bare-chested female figure wears a long skirt, a multistrand necklace with a sizable pendant, and a decorated head cover. The hole in the nasal septum once held an ornament likely of gold.

Statue of God Sebiumeker. Probably 1st century BC. Sandstone. From Meroe, Sudan. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Bastet on a throne decorated with the decans ca. 1070-664 BC Third Intermediate Period The goddess Bastet sits on a throne on top of a podium that has a slanting front. On this ramp two sets of stairs flank a smooth central area inscribed with an amuletic formula "this is Bastet who makes protection and life for me." The throne is decorated on either side with two registers of figures, including several of lion-headed or snake form, many holding wine cups.The goddess herself is finely modeled, and has the heavy hips associated with the Third Intermediate Period. She had inlaid eyes, and against her body she holds the wekh-scepter associated with Bastet, while in her right hand she holds an ankh sign by its base.The figures decorating the base are associated with the decans, a topic discussed in detail in a forthcoming study. In brief, the decans were originally associated with stars for time-keeping, related to units of 10 days so that there would be 36 decans for a year, with prov

Statue of Tjeteti as a young man ca. 2200-2152 B.C. Old Kingdom The short kilt of this statue contrasted with the long kilt on the statue of the same man (26.2.9) cue the viewer to the fact that the first is meant to represent Tjeteti as a young active man and the second as a mature official.These two statues have been pointed to as exemplars of a "second style" that emerged in Egyptian elite art at the end of the 5thDdynasty and gradually became the prevailing style. Where serene self-contained countenances had been the order since the 4th Dynasty, the faces of statues in the second style may show overlarge eyes and countenances lined not by age but by animation. Bodies of statues may also be thinner and less muscled, and hands may be overlarge. The change probably reflects religious changes at the time.. Statue of Tjeteti as a young man. ca. 2200-2152 B.C.. Wood. Old Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Tomb 6001 of Tjeteti, Serdab, Egyptian Antiquiti

Female Figure. Culture: Chupicuaro. Dimensions: H. 3 11/16 x W. 2 1/4 x D. 7/8 in. (9.4 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm). Date: 3rd century B.C.-A.D. 4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Egyptian Art. Osiride pillar of pharaoh Senusret I, Jeperkara Senusret or Sesostris I, second king of 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. Ruled between 1956 and 1910 BC. Luxor Museum. Egypt.

Funerary Vessel with a HumanFigure, ca.300-1200, Terracotta, 22 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 7 in. (57.15 × 23.5 × 17.78cm), Country Niger, Bura, 4th-13thcentury, Sculpture

Seated Female Deity. Culture: Aztec. Dimensions: H. 9 3/4 x W. 6 3/4 x D. 6 in. (24.77 x 17.15 x 15.24 cm). Date: 15th-early 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Minoan terracotta figure of a lyre-player, 8th century BC. Artist: Unknown

Figurine of Silenus

INTERIOR-ESCULTURA SEDENTE-ALFARERIA PREHISPANICA. Location: MUSEO ESTADO-CONV STO DOMINGO. Oaxaca. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

ARTE PRECOLOMBINO. PERU. VASIJA representando un prisionero (100-500 d. C.) Pieza de cerámica ocre y arena de 21x9,5 cm. que pertenece a la cultura MOCHE O MOCHICA, localizada en el norte de la costa peruana entre el-200 y 400 d. C. Museo de América. Madrid. España.

Pataikos. Dimensions: H. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 26. Date: 688-252 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Statuette of a worn or aged woman, probably a goddess 664-30 B.C. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period A broken surface on the top of the head indicates this figure wore a crown, and so was presumably a goddess. She is represented as an aged woman, with pendulous breasts, stooping and supported by a staff.. Statuette of a worn or aged woman, probably a goddess. 664-30 B.C.. Faience. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period. From Egypt

Prehistory, Italy, Iron Age. Este culture. Bronze figure of the Goddess of Caldevigo.

Cooking ceramic vessel. 2600-1700 BC. Early Bronze Age. Greece. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Monkey or meerkat 500-200 BC Late Period-Ptolemaic Period Depictions of monkeys are popular throughout Egyptian history. Standing monkeys balancing on their tails seem to date to the Late Period and later. A faience example was excavated at Naurkatis in a cache dating to the late 5th-4th centuries BC. The Metropolitan Museum Egyptian Expedition excavated in a Ptolemaic tomb at Thebes a wooden example posed like this one, but carrying a bow and arrow and housed in a small sort of shrine/box. Eroded as this statuette is, it is clear that the penis was prominently depicted. A loop through the back is partly broken.. Monkey or meerkat. 500-200 BC. Faience. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period. From Egypt

ARTE PRECOLOMBINO. Fase CULTURA VALDIVIA (3500 a. C. -1900 a. C.). Figura de cerámica probablemente moldeada a mano. Representa una mujer desnuda con un niño en brazos. Procede de las costas de la Provincia de Guayas. Ecuador.

Cycladic civilization, marble head from Amorgos, Greece

Figurine of Standing Female

Architectural Bracket in the Form of a Celestial Musician. India, Rajasthan or Gujarat, circa 16th century. Architecture; Architectural Elements. Sandstone

FIGURA FEMENINA PROCEDENTE DE COLLADO DE LOS JARDINES - DESPEÑAPERROS - (JAEN). Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Standing Female Figure 1st century B.C.-A.D. 3rd century Tala-Tonalá. Standing Female Figure 318993

fine arts, Mesoamerica, Tajin Culture, sculpture, tid up man, terracotta, Veracruz, Mexico, 500 - 800, private collection,

Warrior Head Jar. Culture: Moche. Dimensions: Overall: 16 1/4 in. (41.28 cm). Date: 2nd-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pre-Columbian art. Central Mexico. Maize Goddess Chicomecoatl, 1400-1519 AD. Volcanic stone. Dimensions; height: 42,5 cm; width: 22,8 cm; depth: 11,4 cm. Denver Art Museum. Denver, Colorado, United States.

'Statue of Amenemint'. Ancient Egypt, 13th century BC. New Kingdom, XIXth Dynasty. Dimensions: 105 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

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