Property from the Collection of the Late Antonin and Christia✱ne Bes🦄se
A South Arabian Veined Alabaster Head of a Man or Woman, 3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 7, 04:32 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property fro𓃲m the Coll🍷ection of the Late Antonin and Christiane Besse
A South Ara♎bian Veined Alabaster Head of a Man o༒r Woman
3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
with pupils recessed and eyebrows grooved for inlay, the hair composed of ech🍰elonned rows of circular curls, a broad trapezoidal tenon in⭕ back.
Height 13 cm.
reportedly from Beihan
Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Aden and Paris, acquired in Yemen in the 1960s, collection number CB48 (recorded for export by the Department of Antiquities, Aden State, in April and May 1967)
by descent to the present owner
Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Aden and Paris, acquired in Yemen in the 1960s, collection number CB48 (recorded for export by the Department of Antiquities, Aden State, in April and May 1967)
by descent to the present owner
For the treatment of the hair see S. Antonini, La statuaria sudarabica in pietra, Paris and Rome, 2001, pp. 149-150, E57, pl. 95.