**Originally Listed At $400**

Ancient South Arabia, Yemen, ca. early first millennium BCE. A cast leaded-copper statuette of a camel with an erect head and neck, a slight hump, lengthy legs with delineated hooves, and a tail. The head is detailed with an incised features like a thin mouth, almond-shaped eyes, and a nasal ridge, and a pair of perky ears project outward. Deep wells on either side of the body may have one been pierced all the way through, perhaps to be worn as a pendant, and since has been filled in with soil deposits. A fine figural example covered in green and brown patina. Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 2.8" W x 2.75" H (7.1 cm x 7 cm); 3.375" H (8.6 cm) on included custom stand.

For another example of a South Arabian camel, please see The British Museum, museum number 1985,0223.139: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3113276&partId=1&images=true

Provenance: East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired before 2010

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#137157

Slight bending to legs, minor nicks and abrasions along legs, body, neck, and head, with softening to some incised details, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and great patina throughout.