Sabina Antonini de Margret
Dr Sabina Antonini de Margret is currently working on a book and exhibition presenting South Arabian holdings in The al-Sabah Collection. She is a specialist in South Arabian history and, since 1984, has taken part in archaeological surveys and excavations in Yemen. She has contributed to archaeological campaigns in Saudi Arabia (Najran) and Ethiopia (Tigray) in collaboration with a French Archaeological Mission. She is the author of numerous monographs and articles on South Arabian Archaeology and Art History.
South Arabian Works in The al-Sabah Collection
South Arabian works in The al-Sabah Collection are made of limestone, alabaster, bronze, silver and gold, and cover a period ranging from the Bronze Age (3rd millennium BCE) to the 3rd century CE. These objects will be the subject of this lecture. The major contribution that these objects have made is not only to enrich our understanding of South Arabian figurative production and the craftsmen responsible for it. The objects also inform us on the practices and customs of South Arabians in their private and public lives, together with their social and economic circumstances, but also to broaden our knowledge of the contacts that existed with the countries of the region, and the artistic influences that derived from them.