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 recessed, his large eyes inlaid with contrasting white stone, the pupils once further inlaid, with a long, thin triangular nose, the protruding lips pursed into a slight smile, his beard, mustache and hair of the brows indicated by thin incisions, the top and back of the head roughly finished, with traces of plaster throughout indicating that it was likely once set into a stele
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
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 recessed, his large eyes inlaid with contrasting white stone, the pupils once further inlaid, with a long, thin triangular nose, the protruding lips pursed into a slight smile, his beard, mustache and hair of the brows indicated by thin incisions, the top and back of the head roughly finished, with traces of plaster throughout indicating that it was likely once set into a stele
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
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