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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 13020636, member: 8267&quot;]There is nothing unique, or particularly significant, in the fact that the figure has a flat bottom. If you have a culture familiar with flat surfaces, and you want a figure to stand up, you make it with a flat bottom. The need for vent holes has also been well known since antiquity in any culture that has produced pottery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Larger figures that were made in multi-piece molds often have larger openings on the base. They were made by pressing flat pieces of clay into the mold, which leaves edges at the bottom the same thickness as the piece of clay used. A separate bottom piece might or might not be added. </p><p><br /></p><p>If your figurine was made in a mold, duplicates might exist. If it was hand modelled from a lump of clay it may be a one-off and you will never find an exact&nbsp; duplicate. You might (carefully) use a wooden or plastic toothpick inserted through the vent hole to feel around to gauge the thickness of the walls. A mold-made piece would be more uniform in thickness.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have said that there are numbers on the bottom, but if so they are not clear in your photographs. If there are numbers or other markings, that would be an important feature to document clearly and present here for us to assess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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