CHRISTIE'S | FINE ANTIQUITIES | 24 APRIL 1978

This auction catalogue documents a non-fiction sale of fine antiquities held by Christie's on 24 April 1978. Designed as a specialist reference publication, the catalogue organizes objects offered in the auction according to lot number and provides concise scholarly entries for each item. These typically include cultural attribution, approximate dating, materials, measurements, and provenance information when available, supported by photographic illustrations for identification and comparison. The catalogue likely features objects from the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds, reflecting collecting interests of the period. Today it serves as a historical source for studying provenance, collecting practices, and the structure of the late twentieth-century international antiquities market.