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hard Philp Gallery
South Arabian
Head of a bearded man
1st century BC/1st century AD
Alabaster
Height: 30.5 cm
Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium
Published: Exhibition catalogue, Sculpture from South Arabia, Gimpel Fils, London, December 1970 – January 1971, no.38
These strong alabaster heads and figures, from what is now modern day Yemen. This example is in the usual symmetrical manner with a very simple definition of features and cavities for inlays; compare with no. 266, from the Queen of Sheba catalogue, ed. St John Simpson, British Museum, 2002.
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