Seal in the shape of a bovid
Two animals on reverse.
Limestone.
Sumerian art, Djemdet-Nasr period (3200-2800 B.C.). 
Height: 3.5 cm 

Provenance: 
From a copy of the collectors' notes, acquired from Koutoulakis in December 1963.

Publication: 
DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, no. 2, p. 54, reproduced fig. 2. Indicated as "bought from a Paris antiquarian as coming from Baghdad; it would have been part of the same find as the previous seal".

Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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Lot no. 22

Seal in the shape of a bovid Two animals on reverse. Limestone. Sumerian art, Djemdet-Nasr period (3200-2800 B.C.). Height: 3.5 cm Provenance: From a copy of the collectors' notes, acquired from Koutoulakis in December 1963. Publication: DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, no. 2, p. 54, reproduced fig. 2. Indicated as "bought from a Paris antiquarian as coming from Baghdad; it would have been part of the same find as the previous seal". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.

Estimate
€150 - €200
Result
€715
Buyer's premium
30%
Seal in the shape of a bovid Two animals on reverse. Limestone. Sumerian art, Djemdet-Nasr period (3200-2800 B.C.). Height: 3.5 cm Provenance: From a copy of the collectors' notes, acquired from Koutoulakis in December 1963. Publication: DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, no. 2, p. 54, reproduced fig. 2. Indicated as "bought from a Paris antiquarian as coming from Baghdad; it would have been part of the same find as the previous seal". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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