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OTHER PROPERTIES
A GROUP OF FIVE SUMERIAN AND OLD BABYLONIAN STONE CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 3000-1600 B.C.
Details
A GROUP OF FIVE SUMERIAN AND OLD BABYLONIAN STONE CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 3000-1600 B.C.
1 5⁄8 in. (4.1 cm.) high max.
CIRCA 3000-1600 B.C.
1 5⁄8 in. (4.1 cm.) high max.
Provenance
Sumerian pink limestone cylinder seal:
with N. Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris.
Nadine and Jean-Michel Thierry, Paris, acquired in March 1954 from the above.
Archéologie - Collection de N. et J.-M. Thierry & Collection de Monsieur X., Ader Nordmann & Dominique, Hôtel Drouot, 25 October 2024, lot 1.
Sumerian diorite cylinder seal:
Vente Mes Ader et Vinchon, Hôtel Drouot, 20-22 May 1959, lot 221.
Nadine and Jean-Michel Thierry, acquired from the above.
Archéologie - Collection de N. et J.-M. Thierry & Collection de Monsieur X., Ader Nordmann & Dominique, Hôtel Drouot, 25 October 2024, lot 4.
Remaining cylinder seals:
French art market, Paris.
Nadine and Jean-Michel Thierry, Paris, acquired from the above prior to 1965.
Archéologie - Collection de N. et J.-M. Thierry & Collection de Monsieur X., Ader Nordmann & Dominique, Hôtel Drouot, 25 October 2024, lots 3, 11, 12.
with N. Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris.
Nadine and Jean-Michel Thierry, Paris, acquired in March 1954 from the above.
Archéologie - Collection de N. et J.-M. Thierry & Collection de Monsieur X., Ader Nordmann & Dominique, Hôtel Drouot, 25 October 2024, lot 1.
Sumerian diorite cylinder seal:
Vente Mes Ader et Vinchon, Hôtel Drouot, 20-22 May 1959, lot 221.
Nadine and Jean-Michel Thierry, acquired from the above.
Archéologie - Collection de N. et J.-M. Thierry & Collection de Monsieur X., Ader Nordmann & Dominique, Hôtel Drouot, 25 October 2024, lot 4.
Remaining cylinder seals:
French art market, Paris.
Nadine and Jean-Michel Thierry, Paris, acquired from the above prior to 1965.
Archéologie - Collection de N. et J.-M. Thierry & Collection de Monsieur X., Ader Nordmann & Dominique, Hôtel Drouot, 25 October 2024, lots 3, 11, 12.
Literature
J. Danmaville, “La Collection Thierry”, Revue d’Assyriologie et d’archéologie orientale, 1963, vol. 57, pp. 176-179, fig. 3, 5; 1965, vol. 59, pp. 56, 58-59, fig. 10, 16, 17.
Brought to you by
Claudio Corsi
Specialist, Head of Department