Iberian Lady Offerer (H: 29cm)

Description

Reproduction of an Iberian lady offerer in reconstituted marble (marble powder plus binder). Aging patinas of natural earth.

Height: 29 cm.

Reproduction of a figure of a lady offerer. Iberian sandstone sculpture. 4th century BC. From the Cerro de los Santos site in Montealegre del Castillo (Albacete, Spain). The original is on display in the Spanish National Archaeological Museum (Madrid). The lady is depicted holding a vase, wearing a conical mitre and covered with a veil.

Iberian art developed on the Iberian Peninsula in the area of influence of the Iberian peoples, who inhabited the Levantine and southern areas, in the first millennium BC until Romanisation. They were influenced by other Mediterranean peoples who settled on the peninsula, such as the Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians, as well as by the Celts from northern Europe. Iberian ladies are one of the most characteristic manifestations of Iberian art, female figures with tunics, high headdresses and elaborate jewellery.