Property from the Collectio𓂃n of the late Antonin and Chris🐟tiane Besse
A South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Woman, Qataban, 3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
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December 7, 04:32 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Property from the Collectཧion of the late Antonin an🌸d Christiane Besse
A South Arabian Alabaster Head of a ♚Woman, Qataban
3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
with slender neck🅰, long nose, large eyes recessed for inlay, grooved arched🍰 eyebrows, and semi-circular ears in relief.
Height 26.5 cm.
reputedly from Beihan, probably 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 number CB47 (recorded for export to France by the Department of Antiquities, Aden State, in 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 CB47 (recorded for export to France by the Department of Antiquities, Aden State, in May 1967)
by descent to the present owner
For a related example see Sotheby's, New York, June 20th, 1990, no. 109 (see S. Antonini, La statuaria sudarabica in pietra, Paris and Rome, 2001, p. 143, E34, pl. 87).