A GROUP OF SABAEAN EX-VOTO BRONZE FIGURES

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.

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A GROUP OF SABAEAN EX-VOTO BRONZE FIGURES
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Comprising five dromedary camels, one pierced for suspension and with inscription on both sides of its neck; a dromedary with rider; a beetle; and a stylized standing female figure with protruding buttocks, breasts and pinched nose, arms held wide
2½ to 1¼ in. (6.3 to 3.2 cm.) high (8)

Lot Essay

Cf. Yémen au pays de la reine de Saba, Paris, 1997, col. pl. on pp. 12-13 and 129 for similar camels; and D. von Bothmer (ed.), Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, p. 81, no. 63 for a Nabatean dromedary and rider.

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