Sasanian Bone Fertility Figure

CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D

2 1/4 in. (12.6 grams, 58 mm).

Carved in the round as a standing female on a baseline; the hair drawn up into tight buns on either side of the head, high collar beneath the chin, hands cupping the breasts, voluminous robe covering the lower body and legs; probably Anahita.

Provenance

Believed to have been acquired at Bonhams, circa 2010.
Private collection, UK.

Literature

See Olson, M., Goddesses, Priestesses, Queens and Dancers: Women on Sasanian Silver, in Constructing the Past, Vol 10, Issue 1 (2009).

Footnotes

Anahita is often depicted with exaggerated thighs, as on this figure.

CONDITION

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