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LOT 0940
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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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'.
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