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THBSyro Hittite Limestone Relief Stele - Beer Drinker
Lot 93b
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Sep 26, 2019
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2019-09-26 10:00:00
2019-09-26 10:00:00
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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
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
Ancient Near East, Syria, Syro-Hittite, ca. early 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A sizable stele of an ovoid form with a flat base, hand-carved from white limestone, with intricate anthropomorphic and zoomorphic depictions in low relief. The planar base flares outward and turns into sloping walls that meet above the center with a lightly rounded tip. The obverse displays a stylized male figure seated in a simple chair, wearing an ankle-length gown, and holding a drinking horn in his left hand with his arm outstretched to a phoenix standing atop a petite table. The table is supported by three legs in an open tripod, and a conical-bottomed amphora - presumably filled with beer - rests underneath. A second bird seemingly rests atop the woman's head, and a winged solar disk of a typical Egyptian style is visible near the top of the relief. While the context of this stele is unknown, it could perhaps depict a seated lord or god enjoying a quaff of drink or regular man performing his daily task of drinking. Size: 10" W x 13.875" H (25.4 cm x 35.2 cm).
Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA; ex-Malter Galleries, Inc., Encino, California, USA
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#149614Nicks and abrasions to base, obverse, peripheries, and verso as shown, with softening to some low relief details, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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