PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-32 B.C.

Joseph Altounian opened his shop in 1906 in Paris and then relocated to Mâcon in 1924 when he was joined by his wife Henriette Lorbet. They specialised in Egyptian and Greek art, medieval sculpture and decorative arts, selling to major museums both in Europe and in the United States.
At his death in 1954 the business was taken over by his daughter, Jacqueline Altounian-Lorbet, and her husband, Bernard Rousset who then specialised in antique furniture.