Head of a Man with a Grumpy Face

Description 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.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/01/2008	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008.

Provenance 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.

Credit Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2007