A South Arabian Alabaster Relief Head of a Woman, Qataban, 3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.

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December 8, 04:07 PM GMT

Estimate

2,400 - 3,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse

A South Arabian Alabaster Relief Head of a Woman, Qataban

3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.

with drilled pupils, grooved eyebrows, and long coiffure engraved in a cross-hatched pattern on top.

Height 16 cm.

Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Aden and Paris, acquired in Yemen in the 1960s
by descent to the present owner

For a closely related example see Christie's, London, October 29th, 2003, no. 248 (part), now in the British Museum, reg. no. 2003,1219.4 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_2003-1219-4).

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