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Lot 181W

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£15,000 - £20,000

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A South Arabian limestone seated figure
Circa 1st Century B.C.
Depicting a seated female figure, wearing a long tunic and an elaborate broad collar decorated with small round pendants and a large central circular medallion attached to a crescent-shaped pendant, with a long nose, almond-shaped eyes with pierced pupils and long hair arranged in plaits falling over the shoulders, both hands closed in a fist, 18½in (47cm) high

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Provenance:
American private collection, Los Angeles, formed in the 1970s.
With Shadad Antiques, London, in 1991.

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