Fertility figure. Phoenicia, ca. 600 BC. Terracotta.... Lot 75

Fertility figure. Phoenicia, ca. 600 BC. Terracotta. In good condition. Provenance: Aweidah Gallery, Israel, 2014; Exhibited: Ifergan Collection, Malaga (2018-2020). With export certificate of the year 2024. Measurements: 16.5 x 6.5 cm. This figure is a female representation pointing out the main elements such as the breasts and the bulging belly. She is giving birth, as we can see in the protuberance of her belly, in the inclination of her neck due to the effort and in the paritoria chair in which she is seated. Women at the time of childbirth entrust themselves to the goddess, who is sometimes also represented with a bulging belly, to protect the childbirth.