Culture: Baden Culture (Baden-Kultur) | Date: ca. 3500-2800 BC | Material: Clay (Ton) | Origin: Rackeve, Komitat Pest, Hungary | This ceramic vessel, shaped in an anthropomorphic (human-like) form, dates to the Baden Culture of the Late Copper Age in Central Europe. The pot features stylized human attributes, including modeled breasts and raised arm-like projections, suggesting its symbolic or ritual role. Incised geometric patterns decorate the surface, emphasizing the body's contours and lending the piece a sacred or ceremonial aesthetic. Such vessels are often interpreted as fertility symbols or ritual containers linked to ancestral or domestic cult practices. The combination of human form and functional design illustrates the intertwining of art, spirituality, and everyday life in prehistoric Europe.
Anthropomorphic vesselCulture: Baden Culture (Baden-Kultur)Date: ca. 3500–2800 BCEMaterial: Clay...
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