Head of a Man with a Grumpy Face

2nd-1st century BCE

10 cm 9.1 cm 6 cm

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The face has unusual features and a grumpy or worried expression. The compact brows are close to the eyes, which are not aligned. The nose is short by South Arabian standards in order to leave more space for the incised moustache.

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Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 21, 1970, lot 83; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, December 21, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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