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THBPalmyra Limestone Relief w/ 2 Brothers - Ex Sotheby's
Lot 94a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Near East/Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman period, ca. 2nd century CE. Finely carved in high relief, two brothers, standing and appearing to advance toward the viewer given their slightly bent left knees. Perhaps they are about to attend a banquet, as one brother is holding a cluster of grapes and the other is holding a pheasant or another game bird close to his chest. Both figures are draped in voluminous garments with folds of drapery billowing over their forms. The brother holding the bird also wears a conical cap with a pendant over his forehead and a glove (perhaps a raptor glove) decorated with a large jewel, while the brother holding grapes wears a beaded collar on his himation. There is a Palmyrene inscription behind that translates, "Alas! Yarhai et Yaribola, sons of MLBA(?)" Size: 16.5" W x 18.5" H (41.9 cm x 47 cm); 21.875" H (55.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Palmyra was a wealthy city that linked the caravan routes from the Parthian Near East with the Roman Mediterranean; the people who lived there during this period largely enjoyed prosperity and were able to adopt eastern and western customs, clothing, and artistic styles, creating a distinctive visual culture unique to the city. We know of this culture today from the large funerary monuments that the Palmyrans built - tower-shaped vaults whose interiors were lined with sculpted limestone reliefs depicting the deceased. Many of these, as we see in this example, had inscriptions which gave the name and family history of the deceased.
Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA; ex-Sotheby's New York, June 2011; ex-private collection, early 1970's
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#149583Losses to peripheries and high-pointed areas as shown. Figures' legs are missing. Front section of father and head of son reattached. Normal surface wear with areas of encrustation.Condition
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