SHEBA FUNERARY STELE WITH TL
Description: This is a terracotta plaque in the form of a human head with the large eyes and eyebrows clearly incised. The prominent nose is also large. In contrast, the mouth is small and arched in a smile. On either side of the face the ears have been clearly defined. This type of terracotta or stucco plaque can be found both in the National Museum of Sana and in the British Museum, but there are a limited number of these in existence. Pieces like this, as opposed to ones made from limestone or alabaster, would seem to serve a similar purpose as elements of somewhat large funerary steles, to which these faces were attached. Includes thermoluminescence certificate | Kingdom of Sheba (Yemen).6th-5th Century B.C.
Condition: In a good state of preservation without breakage apart from a fragment from the top rear area of the head and a small chip from the neck. Notes: Due to United States customs regulations, this lot cannot be sold to customers residing in the United States.The piece includes authenticity certificate. For reasons of data protection, when the provenance of the pieces is private collections, only the initials of the particular collectors are shown, the complete information of these collections will be delivered to the buyer in the authenticity certificate. |The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested and an export fee must be paid ( see terms and conditions ). This process could take between 1 and 2 months.
Provenance: Private English Collection. Dimensions: 16,00 cm
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Description: This is a terracotta plaque in the form of a human head with the large eyes and eyebrows clearly incised. The prominent nose is also large. In contrast, the mouth is small and arched in a smile. On either side of the face the ears have been clearly defined. This type of terracotta or stucco plaque can be found both in the National Museum of Sana and in the British Museum, but there are a limited number of these in existence. Pieces like this, as opposed to ones made from limestone or alabaster, would seem to serve a similar purpose as elements of somewhat large funerary steles, to which these faces were attached. Includes thermoluminescence certificate | Kingdom of Sheba (Yemen).6th-5th Century B.C.
Condition: In a good state of preservation without breakage apart from a fragment from the top rear area of the head and a small chip from the neck. Notes: Due to United States customs regulations, this lot cannot be sold to customers residing in the United States.The piece includes authenticity certificate. For reasons of data protection, when the provenance of the pieces is private collections, only the initials of the particular collectors are shown, the complete information of these collections will be delivered to the buyer in the authenticity certificate. |The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested and an export fee must be paid ( see terms and conditions ). This process could take between 1 and 2 months.
Provenance: Private English Collection. Dimensions: 16,00 cm
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