Lot 112
A South Arabian Stone Idol
Sale 1273 - Antiquities & Ancient Art: Including Property from the Brummer Collection
Dec 5, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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5,000
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$34,650
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Lot Description
A South Arabian Stone Idol
Bronze Age, Early 3rd - Early 2nd Millennium B.C.
Height 16 1/4 inches (41.28 cm).
Property from a Private Estate, Cleveland, Ohio
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe.
Christie's, New York, Antiquities, 11 June 2003, Lot 62.
Similar stone statues, some described as granite, others as sandstone/quartzite, have been found on the surface in the Yemeni highlands. For three similar see nos. 88-90 in Simpson, ed., Queen of Sheba, Treasures from Ancient Yemen, and for another in The Metropolitan Museum of Art see p. 6 in Holt, ed., Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1998-1999.
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