Beschreibung:

Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane BesseA South Arabian Limestone Figure3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D. standing with extended forearms, and wearing fragmentary bronze bracelets, the eyes with drilled pupils under grooved eyebrows.Height 13.5 cm.Condition reportFragmentary as shown. Rim of proper left ear lightly abraded. Tip of nose chipped. Large chip on proper left breast. Bronze bracelet better preserved on proper r. wrist than on proper l. Surface covered in areas of calcium-like accretions, some of which is blackened (by fire?) especially over lower left side of body. Please note that Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The