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| Keywords: South Arabian - Head of a Woman with a Rectangular Face - Walters 2123 - Three Quarter.jpg The type style and technique of this sculpture resemble those of another head Walters 21 22; both pieces may have been produced in the same Sabaean workshop The incised rings on the front of the neck--the so-called rings of Venus--indicate the female gender of the subject The hair would likely have been executed in plaster and attached to the head century 3 1 BC calcite-alabaster cm 19 05 13 97 10 48 accession number 21 23 76462 Sale Sotheby's London December 21 1970 lot 83 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore December 21 1970 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Arabian Peninsula Walters Art Museum license South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Saudi Arabia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
