Cylinder seal featuring a winged ox charging in front of a rose window. Opposite the rosette, five fan-shaped chevrons. Above the ox, a crescent and a star. A tree is shown behind the ox. Hematite. Sumerian art, Neo-Assyrian period (934 - 609 B.C.). Height: 2.4 cm Published by DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, p. 60, reproduced fig. 20. Indicated as "bought in Beirut". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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Lot no. 16

Cylinder seal featuring a winged ox charging in front of a rose window. Opposite the rosette, five fan-shaped chevrons. Above the ox, a crescent and a star. A tree is shown behind the ox. Hematite. Sumerian art, Neo-Assyrian period (934 - 609 B.C.). Height: 2.4 cm Published by DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, p. 60, reproduced fig. 20. Indicated as "bought in Beirut". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.

Estimate
€800 - €1,000
Result
€1,170
Buyer's premium
30%
Cylinder seal featuring a winged ox charging in front of a rose window. Opposite the rosette, five fan-shaped chevrons. Above the ox, a crescent and a star. A tree is shown behind the ox. Hematite. Sumerian art, Neo-Assyrian period (934 - 609 B.C.). Height: 2.4 cm Published by DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, p. 60, reproduced fig. 20. Indicated as "bought in Beirut". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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ARCHAEOLOGY - Collection of N. and J.-M. Thierry & Collection of Monsieur X.
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