Property from the Collection of the late Anto𝔉nin and Christiane Besse
A South Arabian Alabaster Bull Stele, Qataban, 3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 7, 04:32 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Propert𝓡y from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Beꦑsse
A South Arabian Alabaster Bull Stele, Qataban
3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
of trapezoidal form, carved in high relief with the head of a bull with ribbed brows, and inserted into a rectangular base engraved with a single line of South Arabic inscription spelling the name of a man (ʾlʿm S¹flyn).
Height 36.2 cm.
reputedly f🍸rom Beihan, probably from Hayd ibn 'Aqil, the necropolis of ancient Timna'
Antonඣin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Aden and Paris, acquired in Yemen in 1960, collection number CB60 (recorded for export to France by the Department of Antiquities, Aden State, in April 1967)
by descent to the present owner
Published
Chrꦡistie'💝s, London, December 16th, 1982, no. 111, illus.