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Abstract: Small clay sculptures represent an exceptional element of pottery finds from medieval archaeological sites. From functional point of view they are considered mainly as children's toys but also as objects of religious, votive character that may have been sold for a low price at wakes and annual markets. According to their motive they may be divided in several groups: human figures appear as various dolls (female figurines in secular clothes with a headdress called kruseler, monks with cowl, Madonnas and Saints with their attributes in hands, naked little boys - Infant Jesus); animal sculptures feature mainly horses and horses with riders. In spite of a strong heterogeneity one can observe in Moravian medieval pottery figurines standard types appearing all over Central Europe; this fact documents a common period concept as well as a good level of trade in High Middle Ages. |
