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Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection

Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

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Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection on 26 September 2023.



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ANUBIS AS A RECLINING JACKAL

Lot 1801 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

ANUBIS AS A RECLINING JACKAL

Egypt, Late Period of Ancient Egypt, 25th/26th Dynasty, 7th/6th century B.C.
Wood, stuccoed and painted black. Dog in a reclining position with outstretched front legs and a long tail. The body and the head are worked separately and dovetailed together. The head is raised, and the pointy ears are perked. Underside with a pierced old mount.
L 44 cm, H 14 cm.

CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)

Sold for CHF 32 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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VOTIVE STATUETTE

Lot 1802 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

VOTIVE STATUETTE

Egypt, Late Period of Ancient Egypt, 664-332 B.C.
Bronze with a green and reddish patina. Cat in an upright crouching position, the tail nestled against the right half of its body. Pointed head with erect ears. Pierced ears for gold jewelry (jewelry missing). Fixed on a later wooden plinth.
H without plinth 13.5 cm.

CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)

Sold for CHF 20 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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USCHEBTI

Lot 1803 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

USCHEBTI

Egyptian, 19th dynasty (1306-1186 B.C.)
Carved wood, with traces of paintwork. Mounted on a plexiglass base.
H without base 26 cm.

CHF 1 500 / 2 000 | (€ 1 550 / 2 060)

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FIGURE OF A STANDING WOMAN, PROBABLY A QUEEN

Lot 1804 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

FIGURE OF A STANDING WOMAN, PROBABLY A QUEEN

Egyptian, Late Ptolemaic period, 2nd-1st century B.C.
Sandstone. Slender, female figure, on a rectangular plinth, in a striding pose, the arms resting at her sides, wearing a long, tight-fitting dress with a wide collar and a wig, the wig combining the elements of the three-part wig and of the Nemes headscarf, the snake falling to the top of the rectangular back pillar, the face with finely shaped lips, straight nose and long, widely spaced eyes. The surface of the statue with remains of plaster and traces of pigment.
H 59 cm.

CHF 70 000 / 100 000 | (€ 72 160 / 103 090)

Sold for CHF 143 750 (including buyer’s premium)
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Attributed to ALESSANDRO ALLORI

Lot 1806 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

Attributed to ALESSANDRO ALLORI

(1535 Florence 1607)
Portrait of a woman in profile to the right.
Black chalk.
11.6 x 7.9 cm. Framed.

CHF 5 000 / 7 000 | (€ 5 150 / 7 220)

Sold for CHF 3 750 (including buyer’s premium)
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ANTEFIX DESIGNED AS THE HEAD OF A WOMAN

Lot 1808 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

ANTEFIX DESIGNED AS THE HEAD OF A WOMAN

Etruscan, Cerveteri, 6th century B.C.
Terracotta, in part polychrome painted. On a later granite plinth with a metal mount.
H without plinth 16.5 cm.

CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)

Sold for CHF 8 750 (including buyer’s premium)
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ANTEFIX DESIGNED AS THE HEAD OF A WOMAN

Lot 1809 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

ANTEFIX DESIGNED AS THE HEAD OF A WOMAN

Etruscan, probably Sicily, late 6th century B.C.
Polychrome-painted terracotta, with remnants of black paintwork. Female head with archaic smile and curly, wavy hair. On a later stone plinth.
H without plinth 15.5 cm.

CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)

Sold for CHF 4 375 (including buyer’s premium)
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TUSCANY, 15TH CENTURY

Lot 1810 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

TUSCANY, 15TH CENTURY

Madonna and Child.
Tempera on panel.
56 × 35 cm.

CHF 20 000 / 30 000 | (€ 20 620 / 30 930)

Sold for CHF 23 750 (including buyer’s premium)
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HORAE B. M. V. -

Lot 1811 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

HORAE B. M. V. -

Book of Hours. Latin script on vellum. With 13 splendid miniatures and numerous floral and figural foliate borders and initials, all in gold and colour.
Probably Northern France or Flemish, third quarter of the 15th century. 8.5 × 6.5 cm. [164] (of 165)ff. Written area 4.5 × 3 cm. 14 line Textura. Fine brown leather binding from the period, over wooden boards on 3 cords with blind embossed and scudding decoration and scrolling foliate ornament as well as lettering on the covers, 1 silver clasp, gilt edging (front hinge slightly flaking, back hinge somewhat brittle).

CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)

Sold for CHF 15 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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RARE MODEL OF A SACRED BARQUE WITH RAMS HEADS

Lot 1812 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

RARE MODEL OF A SACRED BARQUE WITH RAMS HEADS

Etruscan, ca. 600-550 B.C.
Terracotta with red and white engobe. The ends of the ship with ram heads painted in light colors.
L 45 cm.

CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)

Sold for CHF 17 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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RARE LARGE ANTEFIX DESIGNED AS A FEMALE HALF FIGURE

Lot 1813 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

RARE LARGE ANTEFIX DESIGNED AS A FEMALE HALF FIGURE

Etruscan, ca. 6th century B.C.
Terracotta, polychrome painted. Half figure, probably of a goddess, with opulent headdress. The left hand angled, the right incomplete arm raised. Red undergarment. On a later granite plinth.
H without plinth 51 cm.

CHF 20 000 / 25 000 | (€ 20 620 / 25 770)

Sold for CHF 35 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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ALESSANDRO ALLORI

Lot 1814 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

ALESSANDRO ALLORI

(1535 Florence 1607)
The Holy Family with John the Baptist as a child.
Black chalk, squared in red chalk.
19.4 x 23.4 cm. Framed.

CHF 15 000 / 20 000 | (€ 15 460 / 20 620)

Sold for CHF 11 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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DOMENICO DI ZANOBI called MASTER OF THE JOHNSON NATIVITY

Lot 1815 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

DOMENICO DI ZANOBI called MASTER OF THE JOHNSON NATIVITY

(active in Florence circa 1460–1499)
Adoration of the Child with shepherds and St John the Baptist.
Tempera on panel.
With red wax seal lower left.
88.5 × 46.5 cm.

CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)

Sold for CHF 17 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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HORAE B. M. V. -

Lot 1816 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

HORAE B. M. V. -

Book of Hours. Latin script on vellum. With 8 miniatures as well as numerous borders, initials and line endings, all in gold and colour.
Probably Flemish, third quarter of the 15th century. 14 × 10 cm. 177 (of 178) leaves. Written area 7.5 × 4.5 cm. 16 lines Textura. Fine anthracite-coloured leather binding of the period over wooden boards on 4 cords with blind embossed scudding and geometric ornamentation, gilt edge (corners slightly worn, front hinge slightly flaking back hinge somewhat brittle, a few worm holes, clasps missing, gilt edge somewhat faded).

CHF 12 000 / 18 000 | (€ 12 370 / 18 560)

Sold for CHF 23 750 (including buyer’s premium)
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AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1497

Lot 1817 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1497

Two outer sides of the wings of a triptych: Saint Afra at the stake/ Maria Aegyptiaca. 1497.
Oil on panel, laid on a more recent wooden panel.
Inscribed centre top: sct afra / sct maria egiptiam.
115.5 × 28.2 cm / 115.7 × 28.1 cm.

CHF 30 000 / 50 000 | (€ 30 930 / 51 550)

Sold for CHF 37 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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HORAE B. M. V. -

Lot 1818 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

HORAE B. M. V. -

Book of Hours. Latin script on smoothed vellum. With 17 large miniatures in colour and gold with rich figural and floral borders, 17 five-line major initials, as well as numerous 2-line initials in gold and colour.
Flanders(?), circa 1460. 19.5 × 14 cm. [1] w., [144], [1] w. ff. 17 lines black-brown textura on red lines. Written area 10 × 65 cm. Restored blind embossed leather binding using original cover over wooden boards over 4 cords with scudding ornamentation, 2 recent gilt brass clasps, gilt edge (upper spine end loose, spine and edges rubbed, somewhat worn, small losses and a few small worm holes).

CHF 30 000 / 50 000 | (€ 30 930 / 51 550)

Sold for CHF 37 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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ANTEFIX AS A WOMAN'S HEAD

Lot 1821 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

ANTEFIX AS A WOMAN'S HEAD

Etruscan, late 4th - early 3rd century B.C.
Terracotta with remains of paintwork. Depiction of a noble woman with her hair parted in the middle. Tiara with discs, and wrapped with a veil. On a later plinth.
H without plinth 19 cm.

CHF 4 000 / 7 000 | (€ 4 120 / 7 220)

Sold for CHF 5 625 (including buyer’s premium)
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HEAD OF A WOMAN WITH A TIARA

Lot 1822 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

HEAD OF A WOMAN WITH A TIARA

Greek, early 5th century B.C.
Terracotta with remains of paintwork. Late Archaic facial form, the tiara with three decorative discs, and with ear ornaments on both sides. On a later plexiglass plinth.
H without plinth 13 cm.

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

Sold for CHF 2 750 (including buyer’s premium)
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FLEMISH, 16TH CENTURY.

Lot 1823 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

FLEMISH, 16TH CENTURY.

The Fall of Man.
Pen and grey and brown ink hand made paper with watermark: snake, (16th century).
On the reverse in pencil old attribution: Bernard van Orley.
20.2 x 30 cm. Framed.

CHF 5 000 / 7 000 | (€ 5 150 / 7 220)

Sold for CHF 18 750 (including buyer’s premium)
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FEMALE BUST WEARING A POLOS AND EARRINGS

Lot 1824 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

FEMALE BUST WEARING A POLOS AND EARRINGS

Greek, probably Corinth, Archaic Period, 3rd quarter of the 6th century B.C.
Terracotta, right shoulder hollowed. Woman with youthful features, high cheekbones, almond-shaped eyes and an archaic smile. She is wearing a crown on her head and her long hair falls on both shoulders. On a later plinth.
H without plinth 25 cm.

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

Sold for CHF 3 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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STANDING APHRODITE

Lot 1825 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

STANDING APHRODITE

Hellenistic, Taranto, 3rd century B.C.
Terracotta polychrome painted and with white engobe. Figure of Aphrodite, loosely leaning against a stele, in slight contrapposto and surrounded by an aureole. On a later wooden plinth. The back with an inscribed label: Expertise by Dr. Cahn.
H without plinth 32 cm.

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

Sold for CHF 1 250 (including buyer’s premium)
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BREVIARIUM -

Lot 1827 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

BREVIARIUM -

Prayer book. German script on vellum. With illuminated title page and 7 large initials over several lines with floral ornament, as well as a pictorial miniature with the 'Last Judgement'.
Cologne, ca. 1420–1430. 13 × 9 cm. [154]ff. Written area 7 × 5 cm. 15 lines Rotunda. Velvet binding circa 1700 with 6 chased bossed iron mounts, and 1 clasp, endpapers with coloured paper (small losses due to rubbing and minimal stains).

CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)

Sold for CHF 42 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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THE SPANISH FORGER

Lot 1829 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

THE SPANISH FORGER

(active in the Netherlands, late 19th–early 20th century)
Portable triptych with Saint Eustachius.
Oil on panel.
39.7 × 22.4 cm (central panel) / 39.4 × 11.1 (wings).

CHF 7 000 / 10 000 | (€ 7 220 / 10 310)

Sold for CHF 8 750 (including buyer’s premium)
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HORAE B. M. V. -

Lot 1831 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

HORAE B. M. V. -

Book of Hours. Latin script on vellum. With 6 full page miniatures with floral border on 3 sides, as well as initials and decorated borders in colour and heightened in gold.
France (Paris?), ca. 1420-30. 19.7 × 14 cm. [144] ff. Written area 9.5 × 6.5 cm. 15 line Textura. Restored blind embossed leather binding using old cover, with rich roll band ornamentation and scudding decoration, gilt edge (spine ends somewhat damaged, slightly rubbed and worn, some small worm holes).

CHF 20 000 / 30 000 | (€ 20 620 / 30 930)

Sold for CHF 20 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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MINIATURE HYDRIA

Lot 1832 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10.00 AM

MINIATURE HYDRIA

Early Lucania/Campania, ca. 400 B.C. Circle of the Pisticci painter.
Terracotta with figures in red. Depiction with a seated youth in a long robe and a woman with a fan and scarf. Between the two figures is a crane.
H 17.5 cm.

CHF 4 000 / 7 000 | (€ 4 120 / 7 220)

Sold for CHF 6 875 (including buyer’s premium)
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