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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER HEAD OF A MAN
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
With a flaring neck and an oval face, the thin grooved brows arching over thickly-lidded, large, almond-shaped eyes, recessed and once inlaid, with a long, triangular nose, the thin lips straight, his mustache and beard indicated by three rows of stippling, the earlobes pierced, the top and back of the head roughly finished
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
With a flaring neck and an oval face, the thin grooved brows arching over thickly-lidded, large, almond-shaped eyes, recessed and once inlaid, with a long, triangular nose, the thin lips straight, his mustache and beard indicated by three rows of stippling, the earlobes pierced, the top and back of the head roughly finished
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany, 1975.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 7 June 2005, lot 60.
Private Collection, U.S., 2005-2012.
A Distinguished Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 8 June 2012, lot 50.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 7 June 2005, lot 60.
Private Collection, U.S., 2005-2012.
A Distinguished Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 8 June 2012, lot 50.
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