Nabataean Standing Stone Figure

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

3 3/4 in. (149 grams, 97 mm).

The figure depicted with kyphosis and emphasised head; dressed hair and stylised facial features with high forehead and open mouth with full lips; arms held at waist level with crossed hands; dressed in a textured tunic.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1970s, thence by descent 2012.
Private UK collection, Cambridge, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.

Old collection label to the base inscribed 'Petra'.

CONDITION

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LOT 0940