A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER HEAD OF A MAN
A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER HEAD OF A MAN

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 long tapering neck and a thin oval face, the brows raised and arching slightly, his large eyes inlaid with contrasting white stone, the pupils once further inlaid, with a long, triangular nose, the thin lips straight, his sharp beard sculpted with the contours of the chin and cheeks, the top and back of the head roughly finished, with traces of plaster throughout
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany, 1968.

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