Property from 💯❀the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
A South Arabian Alabaster Bust of a Man, 3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 7, 04:32 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Pr💞operty from the Collec🍌tion of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
A South Arabian Alabaster Bust of a Man
3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
from♏ a standing figure, with grooved spine, eyes recessed for calcite inlays (one remaining) and outlined in bronze, and grooved eyebrows, a shallow drill hole at each corner of the mouth and in each earlobe.
Height 23.5 cm.
reportedly from Hayd ibn 'Aqil, the necropolis of ancient Timna'
Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Aden and Paris, acquired in Yemen in the 1960s, collection no. CB27 (recorded for export to France by the Department of Antiquities, Aden State, in May 1966 and April 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 no. CB27 (recorded for export to France by the Department of Antiquities, Aden State, in May 1966 and April 1967)
by descent to the present owner