Vinca Idol, 5th millennium BC · Danube region, Balkans · ID: 3052668
Bernd Gackstätter, “Antiken-Kabinett”, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (2008)
German Private Collection
Description
fired clay with pigment remains, plexiglass base
Vinca is the name of an archaeological site near Belgrade (Serbia), more precisely a “tell” or settlement mound with nine meters of stratified occupation layers. The Neolithic–Chalcolithic culture discovered there spread during the 6th and 5th millennia BC across the territory of present-day Serbia, northeastern Bosnia, western Romania, and western Bulgaria.
The Vinca culture is primarily known for its ceramics and numerous anthropomorphic clay idols, which were likely used as cult images or votive offerings in sacred areas and near altars.
The object Vinca Idol, 5th millennium BC with the object ID 3052668 was part of the auction Auction 105 on November 15, 2025. The object with the lot number 80 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,200 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.
Notices
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