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    8 June 2004

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    • A SOUTH ARABIAN CALCITE-ALABAS
    Lot 90

    A SOUTH ARABIAN CALCITE-ALABASTER TABLE

    CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

    Price realised

    USD 38,240

    Estimate

    USD 30,000 - USD 50,000

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    A SOUTH ARABIAN CALCITE-ALABASTER TABLE
    CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
    Rectangular in form, on four low feet, the smoothly-polished central panel recessed, framed on two sides with a register sculpted in low relief, each with two pairs of standing ibexes eating from a stylized tree, a third stylized tree between the pairs, the ibexes with plump bodies, large high-arching ridged horns and curved beards
    54 x 33 in. (137.1 x 83.8 cm.)

    Provenance

    German Private Collection, 1980s.

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