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THBVery Fine Bactrian Stone Pillar Idol, ex Christie's
Lot 55e
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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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- Lot Description
Ancient Central Asia or Asia Minor, Bactria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A beautiful example of a pillar idol (sometimes called a column or columnar idol), hand-carved and meticulously smoothed from mottled black stone with white and beige veining. The body of the idol is characteristically minimal and highly-abstract with an elongated hourglass form, and the lower end flares out gently to form the wide, planar base. Both the upper and lower faces bear shallow, horizontal grooves across the center. An intriguing example of abstract artistry from the ancient world! Size: 5.375" W x 11.5" H (13.7 cm x 29.2 cm).
Stone idols like this example are known in a variety of fascinating forms throughout the pre-literate ancient world. From the truly abstract kilia-type figures that are barely recognizable as human to the exaggerated feminine shapes of so-called "Venus" figures, people in the past, as today, had a clear desire to portray human forms and did not feel constrained by naturalism.
A stylistically-similar example of a slightly-larger size hammered for $11,250 at Christie's, New York Antiquities auction (sale 2007, June 4, 2008, lot 69): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/ancient-art-antiquities/a-bactrian-stone-ritual-object-circa-late-5078804-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5078804&sid=c215dd00-7518-481b-8184-986e1b6f1fd4
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Christie's, New York Antiquities auction (sale 2056, December 9, 2008, part of lot 46); ex-anonymous sale, Christie's, New York Antiquities auction (sale 1679, June 16, 2006, part of lot 17); ex-private American collection, acquired in the 1990s
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#144148Small losses to top and bottom edges as shown, and light restoration along bottom edge. Minor chips and abrasions to body and both faces, with light encrustations within some chipped areas. Light earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.Condition
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