Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
A South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Woman, Qataban, 3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 7, 04:32 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
A South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Woman, Qataban
3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
with slender neck, oval face, large eyes recessed for inlay, grooved eyebrows, and long coiffure.
Height 23 cm.
Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Aden and Paris, acquired in Yemen in the 1960s
by descent to the present owners
Published
Yémen, Au pays de la reine de Saba (catalogue of the exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, Oct. 25th, 1997, to Feb. 28th, 1998), Paris, 1997, p. 153
Sabina Antonini, La statuaria sudarabica in pietra (Repertorio iconographico sudarabico, I), Paris and Rome, 2001, pp. 136-137, E9, pl. 77