SET OF 2 IDOLS Painted terracotta H. 9 cm Tel Halaf culture, 6th-5th millennium BC Provenance European collection, acquired on the art market in the 1990s - early 2000s Similar in shape, both seated with short, thick legs and arms folded under their breasts, the larger figure with pointed breasts, her narrow head topped by a crest, her body and face decorated with black and dark ochre stripes. A Lot of 2 Near Eastern Painted Terracotta Fertility Figures. Tel Halaf Culture, 6th-5th Mill. BCE. Of similar form, both seated with short thick legs and arms cupped beneath their breasts, the larger figure with pointed breasts, her narrow head topped by a crest, her body and face decorated with black and dark umber stripes.