Head of a Smiling Person with a Triangular Face

2nd-1st century BCE

12.1 cm 12.5 cm 7.9 cm

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Although the gender of the subject is uncertain, the large eyes and features suggest youth. The bulbous eyes, which may have once been painted, and the smile suggest that the work is likely of Sabaean origin or from the Jawf region.

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Sotheby's, London, between 1963 and 1971; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, between 1963 and 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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en
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