Lady of Baza (45x37cm)

Description

Reproduction of Dama de Baza in reconstituted marble (marble powder plus binder). Finished with ageing patinas and polychrome.

Measurements: Height: 45 cm. Width: 37 cm.

The Lady of Baza was found on 22 July 1971 by the archaeologist Francisco José Presedo Velo in the Cerro del Santuario, the necropolis of the ancient Basti (Baza), in the province of Granada. It is a figure made of polychrome limestone from the 4th century BC.

The sculptural figures that we know as ‘ladies’ (the name given to them after the first one found in excavations, the Lady of Elche) belong to Iberian art. All of them wear rich clothing and very luxurious ornaments, and represent a goddess, which in some cases could be Tanit. All the ones found so far have a cavity which is supposed to be used to deposit funeral ashes or to entrust some kind of offering or liturgical object. None of them can be taken as an isolated example. They are a good example of Iberian art with influences from the eastern Mediterranean and the Greek world.