Head-Stela of a Smiling Woman

3rd-1st century BCE

14.9 cm 20 cm 10 cm

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The portrait represents a woman with long hair. The incised lines on the neck are either the so-called rings of Venus--indicators of female beauty--or represent a collar or necklace. Portraits depicting smiling subjects are rare and originate from Marib or the Jawf region.

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Sale, Sotheby's, London, July 24, 1967, lot 105; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, July 24, 1967, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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