A South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Man, Qataban, circa 3rd Century B.C/1st Century A.D.
Estimate
35,000 - 55,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
with tapering columnar neck and oval face with short beard, triangular nose, and drilled arched eyebrows, the almond-shaped eyes with remains of shell(?) inlay, the eyebrows and a circular hole beneath the mouth formerly inlaid.
Height 27 cm.
Lady Greenwood (Christie's, London, December 16th, 1982, no. 113, illus.)
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Sabina Antonini, La statuaria sudarabica in pietra (Repertorio iconographico sudarabico, I), Paris and Rome, 2001, p. 159, E90, pl. 105
For a related head see Sotheby's, London, December 17th, 1996, no. 166 (S. Antonini, Op. cit., p. 159, E91, pl. 105).
The “Lady Greenwood” designated in the Christie’s catalogue as the former owner of this sculpture was possibly the widow of Sir. Antony Greenwood, who was the Colonial Secretary in the 1960s when Aden gained its independence. He passed away a few months prior to the 1982 auction.
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