VENUS OF Dolní Věstonice, ANCIENT PALEOLITHIC FEMALE FIGURINE

The Venus of Dolní Věstonice is a ceramic statuette of a nude female figure dated to 29,000–25,000 BCE. It was found at the Paleolithic site Dolní Věstonice in the Moravian basin south of Brno, in the base of Děvín Mountain. This figurine and a few others from locations nearby are the oldest known ceramic articles in the world. This figurine has a clay body fired at a relatively low temperature (500 °C - 800 °C), and follows the general morphology of the other Venus figurines: exceptionally l