DEITY OF FERTILITY Depicted seated, legs apart. She is characterised by a generous chest with arms folded around it to form a single figure, a marked belly and wide hips. The head and the extension of the neck are schematically represented. Engraved decoration on the neck and body. Orange terracotta. Height 7.5 cm Neolithic, Hamangia culture, 5300-4800 BC A Neolithic terracotta seated fertility goddess, seated with legs out before her, her arms and preominent breast linked, with exaggerated thighs. Head and neck as one. Engraved details on the base of the neck, and body. Hamangia Culture, 5300-4800 B.C.E. Provenance Rassla Foundation, Zurich Publications AA.VV., Idole, Mainz am Rhein 1989, p. 102, no. 47 Ligabue Magazine 14, 1989, p. 27 AA.VV., Vivre au bord du Danube il y a 6500 ans, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1996, pp. 12-13 G. Ligabue e G. Rossi-Osmida, Dea Madre, Milano 2006, p. 166-167.