Lot Essay
Acquired in the course of travelling in the Hadrahmut, South Arabia
THE PROPERTY OF
THE LORD SHACKLETON, K.G., A.C., O.B.E., F.R.S.
A SOUTH ARABIAN VEINED ALABASTER HEAD, with stylized facial features and grooved eyebrows, the eyes with limestone inlays with pupils recessed to take further inlays (now missing), set in an inscribed limestone mount, 1st Century B.C.
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A SOUTH ARABIAN VEINED ALABASTER HEAD, with stylized facial features and grooved eyebrows, the eyes with limestone inlays with pupils recessed to take further inlays (now missing), set in an inscribed limestone mount, 1st Century B.C.
8in. (20.3cm.) high
8in. (20.3cm.) high