CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER MALE HEAD
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
With long thin nose, lidded eyes and slightly smiling thin lips, prominent ears and stylized beard curving around his jaw
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Stephen Day collection, acquired in South Yemen between 1961-1967 when Assistant Adviser in Ja'ar, Western Aden Protectorate.
Donald Brian Doe M.B.E. (1920-2005) collection.
Private collection, UK, acquired prior to 1996.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
B. Doe, Southern Arabia, London, 1971, pl. 9, no. 18, centre.

The two other heads photographed with the present lot in the above publication were presented to the British Museum by Stephen Day and Donald Brian Doe in 1985 (reg. nos. 1985,0223.17 and 1985,0223.20).

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