A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER STELE OF AN ORANTE
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A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER STELE OF AN ORANTE

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER STELE OF AN ORANTE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
With a standing figure in high relief, wearing long tunic, with hands together in front, a bangle on each wrist, pierced for attachment at either side of neck, details incised and eyes recessed for inlay
14¾ in. (37.6 cm.) high
来源
Excavated at Hayd ibn 'Aqil, the necropolis of Tamna', the capital of the ancient Qataban civilization: sold Christie's London, 12 July 1960, lot 107.
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拍品专文

Cf. Exhibition catalogue, Yémen, au pays de la reine de Saba', Institut du monde arabe, Paris, 1997, p. 163 for similar.