Venus from Dolní Věstonice

Item number: URG411

Price each: EUR 58.00 

(incl. sales tax 19%).Gross price is indicated for recipient country = Germany. Net EUR 48.74. Amount of sales tax depends on delivery address (EU sales tax reform as of July 1, 2021). Country setting can be changed in the shopping cart.

Female figurine carved in Ivory known as "The Second Venus of Věstonice, lost. It was said to have been discovered by a peasant from Horní Věstonice in the mid 1920´s. The circumstances of the find are unknown, because his explanation is inconsistent. After lengthy contraversary, K. Absolon proclaimed the statue a fake. It was probably taken to Germany in the late 1930`s and was lost in the Second World War. (after Valoch K., Lázničková-Galetová M. 2009). Age of Věstonice artefacts: Pavlovien 26.600 J. The cast is the professional copy of cast made 1930.

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