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LOT 0278
Nabataean Bronze Female Statuette
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (28 grams, 47 mm).
Standing on a tiered base with loosely draped palla gathered across her body and held in the let hand at the waist, right hand raised to her hair.
ProvenanceFrom a private collection formed in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Cf. Mahdi Alzoubi, Eyad al Masri and Fardous al Ajlouny, Woman in the Nabatean Society, Zarqa, 2012, fig. 3.
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LOT 0278
Nabataean Bronze Female Statuette
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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