Figure of a Standing Woman

5th-1st century BCE

17.5 cm 31.5 cm 5.5 cm

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This stela has no parallel. A woman is depicted frontally; her feet are pointing to her right, with both the tops and the sides visible. The gesture of the hands on the hips is unusual in South Arabian art; it may represent dancing. Adorned with bracelets, anklets, and a broad...

Sculpture

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Sale, Sotheby's, London, October 19, 1970, lot 97; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, October 19, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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