A SOUTH ARABIAN STONE FIGURE

BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A SOUTH ARABIAN STONE FIGURE
Bronze Age, Circa 3rd-Early 2nd Millennium B.C.
The standing abstract figure with the arms folded in front at the waist, a raised ridge encircling below, perhaps a belt, and an angled raised ridge over the right shoulder, perhaps a sash or the edge of a garment, with sharply angled shoulders and a shallow groove separating the legs, dividing at the pubic area, the small head with a slightly raised mass for the hair and ears, the face a raised spade-shape with a straight vertical nose and indented eyes
16 in. (40.7 cm) high

Provenance

European Private Collection

Lot Essay

Similar stone statues, some described as granite, others as sandstone/quartzite, have been found on the surface in the Yemeni highlands. For three similar see nos. 88-90 in Simpson, ed., Queen of Sheba, Treasures from Ancient Yemen, and for another in The Metropolitan Museum of Art see p. 6 in Holt, ed., Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1998-1999.

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