Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I

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Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse

A South Arabian Alabaster Fragment of a Left Arm, probably Kingdom of Awsan , circa 1st Century B.C.

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December 7, 04:32 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse

A South Arabian Alabaster Fragment of a Left Arm, probably Kingdom of Awsan 

circa 1st Century B.C.


finely carved, wearing a tight-fitting short-sleeved garment with beaded hem and incised band of scrolling acanthus (simulating embroidery?), armband above the elbow in the form of a chain strap with a central oval, gem-set motif, and tassels falling over the forearm, probably from a now missing bracelet.

Height 16.5 cm.


reportedly from Marib
Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Aden and Paris, acquired in Yemen in the 1960s, collection number CB2 A&B (recorded for export to France by the Department of Antiquities, Aden State, in May 1966 and April 1967)
by descent to the present owner

 

The armlet is closely related to the one worn by Ma'adîl Salhân, King of Awsan, on his statuette in the Aden National Museum (Yémen, Au pays de la reine de Saba, Paris, 1997, p. 201, and S. Antonini, La statuaria sudarabica in pietra, Paris and Rome, 2001, p. 93, C56, pl. 46, and https://www.akg-images.co.uk/archive/-2UMDHUTKD82O.html).

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