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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
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A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER STELE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Carved in high relief with a woman standing on a small rectangular plinth, her hands together at her waist, wearing a long tunic with rounded cuffs, her face with large almond-shaped eyes, the pupils articulated, the grooved eyebrows tapering, with a triangular nose and small mouth, drilled for attachment of separately-made and now-missing ornaments on either side of the ankles, wrists and earlobes, perforated on either side of the neck
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Carved in high relief with a woman standing on a small rectangular plinth, her hands together at her waist, wearing a long tunic with rounded cuffs, her face with large almond-shaped eyes, the pupils articulated, the grooved eyebrows tapering, with a triangular nose and small mouth, drilled for attachment of separately-made and now-missing ornaments on either side of the ankles, wrists and earlobes, perforated on either side of the neck
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Mrs. M. M. Betham; Sotheby's, London, 9 July 1973, lot 25.
Canadian Private Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2002, lot 117.
Canadian Private Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2002, lot 117.