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Auction archive: Lot number 54

A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER LIBATION TABLE

ANTIQUITIES
9 Dec 2008
Estimate
US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$52,500
Auction archive: Lot number 54

A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER LIBATION TABLE

ANTIQUITIES
9 Dec 2008
Estimate
US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$52,500
Beschreibung:

A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER LIBATION TABLE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER LIBATION TABLE CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. Rectangular in form on four short legs, the upper surface with a raised border, a row of six conjoined reclining ibexes projecting from one end atop a plinth, each with a long snout and bulging eyes, the two outermost with the ears, large spiraling horns, legs, and tails articulated, the front of the plinth with seven dentils, the three at the center engraved with Old South Arabian letters reading: "Autumn (harvest) offerings" 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 54
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
9 December 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER LIBATION TABLE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER LIBATION TABLE CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. Rectangular in form on four short legs, the upper surface with a raised border, a row of six conjoined reclining ibexes projecting from one end atop a plinth, each with a long snout and bulging eyes, the two outermost with the ears, large spiraling horns, legs, and tails articulated, the front of the plinth with seven dentils, the three at the center engraved with Old South Arabian letters reading: "Autumn (harvest) offerings" 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 54
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
9 December 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
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