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Property from the Collection of꧃ the late A🥃ntonin and Christiane Besse

A South Arabian Alabaster Stele, Qataban, 3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.

Auction Closed

December 7, 04:32 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Pro✨perty from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse

A South Arabian Alabaster Stele, Qataban

3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D.


of rectangular form, carved in relief with a figure standing on a fragmentary base with hands resting flat on the abdomen, and wearing a short-sleeved top and vertically grooved skirt, the eyes with inlaid rims and pupils, the eyebrows g𒆙rooved.

Height 31 cm.


probably from Hayd ibn 'Aqil, the necropolis of ancient Timna'
Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Aden and Paris, acquired in Yemen in the 1960s (colour photograph stamped March 1966)
by descent to the present owner