SOUTH ARABIAN STONE FUNERARY STELE WITH BULL HEAD
Qataban, Ca. 300 BC - 100 AD.
An alabaster funerary stele with a slightly tapering profile towards the bottom, with a high relief bovine head projecting from the slab. The animal's head features ribbed brows, eyes down, small horns, and pronounced nostrils. Bands of mineral inclusions flow across the surface of the stone. For a similar example, see Sotheby's, Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I, 7 December 2021, Lot 12.
Size: L:250mm / W:130mm ; 3.36kg
Provenance: Private collection of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.
Estimate: GBP 450 - 900