Painted ceramic vase from the Neolithic culture of Cucuteni (Romania), which developed between 5500 and 2750 B.C. The concentric circle and spiral decoration, frequent in this period, seems to recall the concept of cyclic time and of ritual repetition, as well as the idea of expansion of generative energy and life force. The motif occurs often on the female statuettes and in the megalithic art. The object is in the State Archaeological Museum (Panstwowym Muzeum Archeologicznym), Warsaw, Poland.

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