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LOT 1929

South Arabian Style Stone Fragment with Inscription

20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

8 1/4 in. (3 kg, 21 cm).

Free-standing with a D-shaped cross-section; inscribed with five rows of text, possibly Sabean. [No Reserve]

Provenance

with the North Carolina Museum of Art November by 31 May 1965, GL.57.14.76.
Subsequently deaccessioned from the North Carolina Museum of Art in the 1980s, or before.
with Christie's, 12 December 1984.

CONDITION

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LOT 1929

South Arabian Style Stone Fragment with Inscription

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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