Cylinder seal featuring a bull-man
He holds an object in his right hand, his left hand grasping the mane of a lion. A human-faced bull, crossed with a lion, faces the naked hero. The latter raises his right arm, while the other holds one of the bull's legs. Behind the hero stands a caprid. 
Serpentine. 
Sumerian art, Akkad (2334 - 2154 B.C.).
Height: 2.9 cm 

Published by 
DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, pp. 57-58, reproduced fig. 15. Indicated as "purchased from a Paris antique dealer as coming from Baghdad".

Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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Cylinder seal featuring a bull-man He holds an object in his right hand, his left hand grasping the mane of a lion. A human-faced bull, crossed with a lion, faces the naked hero. The latter raises his right arm, while the other holds one of the bull's legs. Behind the hero stands a caprid. Serpentine. Sumerian art, Akkad (2334 - 2154 B.C.). Height: 2.9 cm Published by DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, pp. 57-58, reproduced fig. 15. Indicated as "purchased from a Paris antique dealer as coming from Baghdad". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.

Estimate
€800 - €1,000
Result
€1,690
Buyer's premium
30%
Cylinder seal featuring a bull-man He holds an object in his right hand, his left hand grasping the mane of a lion. A human-faced bull, crossed with a lion, faces the naked hero. The latter raises his right arm, while the other holds one of the bull's legs. Behind the hero stands a caprid. Serpentine. Sumerian art, Akkad (2334 - 2154 B.C.). Height: 2.9 cm Published by DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, pp. 57-58, reproduced fig. 15. Indicated as "purchased from a Paris antique dealer as coming from Baghdad". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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