CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A SOUTH ARABIAN BRONZE FEMALE FIGURE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Hollow cast, standing with her bare feet hip-distance apart, wearing a tightly-fitted sheath, the belted bell-shaped skirt falling to mid-calf, an inscription incised along the front of the skirt, her rounded buttocks protruding below the arch in her lower back, her arms held forth, the hands fisted around now-missing attributes, her head frontal, her vertically-incised hair falling in a solid mass behind her ears and along either side of her neck, surmounted by a high crown, her triangular face with a prominent nose, a straight mouth and a rounded chin, the large oval eyes with pronounced brow ridge, tenons below the feet
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high including tenons
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Hollow cast, standing with her bare feet hip-distance apart, wearing a tightly-fitted sheath, the belted bell-shaped skirt falling to mid-calf, an inscription incised along the front of the skirt, her rounded buttocks protruding below the arch in her lower back, her arms held forth, the hands fisted around now-missing attributes, her head frontal, her vertically-incised hair falling in a solid mass behind her ears and along either side of her neck, surmounted by a high crown, her triangular face with a prominent nose, a straight mouth and a rounded chin, the large oval eyes with pronounced brow ridge, tenons below the feet
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high including tenons
Provenance
Belgian Private Collection, 1968.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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