Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Property from a British Private Collection

A South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Woman, Qataban, circa 3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

with tapering neck, large eyes recessed for inlay, grooved eyebrows, and long coiffure.


Height 20 cm.

Squadron Leader Jim Mowforth (1909-1975), acquired in Yemen sometime between 1929 and 1947

by descent to the present owner

For the type see Sabina Antonini, La statuaria sudarabica in pietra (Repertorio iconographico sudarabico, I), 2001, pls. 74-94.

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