Property from the 𝔉Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
A South Arabian Alabaster Ibex Frieze, Qataban, 3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 7, 04:32 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Property from tꦯhe Collection🐈 of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
A South Arabian Alabaster Ibex Frieze, Qataban
3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
carved in relief with twelve elongated ibex heads, each with globular eyes, 🐟flanked by two rectangular niched panels.
20.8 by 49.5 by 6.5 cm.
Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Aden and Paris, acquired in Yemen in the 1960s, collection number CB29 A&B (recorded for export by the Department of Antiquities, Aden State, in May 1966 and April 1967)
by descent to the present owner
by descent to the present owner
For a related꧒ example with shorter ibex heads see Christie's, London, July 12th, 1960, no. 116, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 60.96 . Also see Louvre, inv. no. AO 4749.