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South Arabian Alabaster Male Head South Arabian Alabaster Male Head South Arabian Alabaster Male Head South Arabian Alabaster Male Head South Arabian Alabaster Male Head South Arabian Alabaster Male Head South Arabian Alabaster Male Head South Arabian Alabaster Male Head South Arabian Alabaster Male Head
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LOT 0190

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.

Provenance

Formerly 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 0190

South Arabian Alabaster Male Head

Estimate £4,500 - 5,500€5,220 - 6,380 (for guidance only)$6,080 - 7,430 (for guidance only)

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