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LOT 0250
South Arabian Alabaster Male Head
LATE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (1.17 kg total, 18 cm high including stand).
Carved in the round with deep-set eyes and broad aquiline nose; hair and short beard modelled with stippled surface; slender neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFormerly private European collection.
with Christie's, New York, 7 December 1995, no.116.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12262-222127.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0250
South Arabian Alabaster Male Head
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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