Culture:PALMYRENE.

Date: LATE 1ST - 3RD CENTURY AD.



Material: WHITE LIMESTONE.

Provenance: EX: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Condition: INTACT, SUPERB.

Measurments: 17.5 INCHES HIGH, (44.5 CMS), 7.75 INCHES HIGH, (19.7 CMS).

Carved in high relief with a figure of a youth, he is standing on a ledge with his weight on his right leg. He is holding a gazelle-head rython in his left arm and a shallow bowl in his lowered right hand. He is wearing a necklace, bracelets, and leggings ornamented with a pattern of palm fronds in front, and knee length belt tunic embroidered with a vertical band of connecting pointed quatrefoils, the broad hem enlivened by a central rosette flanked by fronds. His face with a straight nose, lidded eyes, and incised irises. His hair in spiral curls falling over his forehead.

Cf: For an almost identical example, see lot 65, Sotheby's New York Antiquities Auction, 7 June 2005. (est. $12,000 - $18,000, sold for $36,000)

Antiquities
Ancient Near East