Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I

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Property from the Collection of the Late Antonin and Christiane Besse

A South Arabian Veined Alabaster Head of a Man or Woman, 3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.

Auction Closed

December 7, 04:32 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Property from the Collection of the Late Antonin and Christiane Besse

A South Arabian Veined Alabaster Head of a Man or Woman

3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.


with pupils recessed and eyebrows grooved for inlay, the hair composed of echelonned rows of circular curls, a broad trapezoidal tenon in back.

Height 13 cm.


reportedly from Beihan
Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Aden and Paris, acquired in Yemen in the 1960s, collection number CB48 (recorded for export by the Department of Antiquities, Aden State, in April and May 1967)
by descent to the present owner

 

For the treatment of the hair see S. Antonini, La statuaria sudarabica in pietra, Paris and Rome, 2001, pp. 149-150, E57, pl. 95.