Furniture, Porcelain & Decoration
Thursday 02 December 2010, 10.00 AM
SMALL CABINET,Renaissance, northern Italy, 17th century. Ebonized wood with fine, engraved bone inlays. The front with double doors. The interior with large central door above drawer, flanked on each side by 4 drawers. With 2 adjacent drawers above a large compartment inside. Partly lined with old paper. Bronze mounts and drop handles. 58x32x42 cm.
CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)
Sold for CHF 6 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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LARGE TAPESTRY FRAGMENT "LE TRIOMPHE DE DIANE",early Baroque, probably Flanders circa 1650/80. Depiction of female hunters around Diana in idealized park landscape. Without border. H 220 cm, W 330 cm.
CHF 15 000 / 25 000 | (€ 15 460 / 25 770)
Sold for CHF 18 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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BELL-SHAPED CANDLEHOLDER,Baroque, with maker's mark GB, Nuremberg circa 1700. Brass. H 20 cm.
CHF 700 / 900 | (€ 720 / 930)
Sold for CHF 840 (including buyer’s premium)
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LARGE MARBLE FIGURE OF MINOTAUR,late Baroque, Italy, probably 17th century. White/gray speckled marble. On gray/red speckled marble base. H 105 cm.
CHF 13 000 / 18 000 | (€ 13 400 / 18 560)
Sold for CHF 63 600 (including buyer’s premium)
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FLINTLOCK ALARM CLOCK,Baroque, German circa 1740. Gilt bronze and brass. Enamel chapter ring with Arabic numerals for the minutes and Roman numerals for the hours, alarm ring in the middle with Arabic numerals. Upon triggering of the alarm, the flintlock strikes the fuse which lights the one placed in the case and flips out upon ignition. Fine brass movement with verge escapement and 2 hammers striking on bell. 14.2x7.5x4 cm.
CHF 25 000 / 45 000 | (€ 25 770 / 46 390)
Sold for CHF 31 200 (including buyer’s premium)
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CASKET,Renaissance, South German, dated 1597. Wood, partly dyed, engraved and burnt, with exceptionally fine inlays. The lid with depiction of the Last Judgment and the inscription "Mors venit est ratio reddenda sunt praemia danda poena luenda atrox ach homo disce mori" above it, as well as God the Father and Mary with coat of arms. The inside with a monk lashing a fellow believer, with a monastery and nun in the background, and inscription "Im Klostergarten wirdt verricht solch Disciplin wie man hie sictht". The interior lined with old paste paper, with large compartment, 4 small compartments and carved sliding wall with secret compartment. Original, finely engraved iron fittings and lock. The underside with 2 old labels: "Maerz 1928 - Sammlung Seligmann - 359", the second with a description of the casket and "Mg Gustav Seligmann, Koeln, Maerz 1928." 42x28x12 cm. Provenance: - Formerly part of the collection of Geheimrat Dr. h.c. Gustav Seligmann, Koblenz and Cologne (1849-1920). - Formerly acquired in an estate auction in Koblenz on 27/28 March 1928. - Private collection, Switzerland.
CHF 1 200 / 1 800 | (€ 1 240 / 1 860)
Sold for CHF 14 400 (including buyer’s premium)
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PAINTED COFFER, known as a "cassone", Renaissance, probably Venice, 16th/17th century. Shaped and carved wood, polychrome painted on all sides. Iron lock. Some chips. Some restoration required. Paint retouched in parts. 128x48x72 cm.
CHF 1 500 / 2 500 | (€ 1 550 / 2 580)
Sold for CHF 5 280 (including buyer’s premium)
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SMALL DRUM CLOCK,Renaissance, signed and dated B. BOUCHAS A VALENCE 1558, France. Gilt bronze and copper. The clock with engraved dial. Removable gilt brass movement with verge escapement. D 7.3 cm. H 5.7 cm.
CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)
Sold for CHF 12 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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PAIR OF SHABBAT CANDLEHOLDERS,Baroque, Eastern Europe, early 18th century. Bronze. H 50 cm.
CHF 1 500 / 2 500 | (€ 1 550 / 2 580)
Sold for CHF 3 480 (including buyer’s premium)
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BRONZE FIGURE OF PERSEUS,Renaissance, probably Venice, 17th century. Burnished bronze. H 50 cm.
CHF 20 000 / 30 000 | (€ 20 620 / 30 930)
Sold for CHF 26 400 (including buyer’s premium)
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TABLE CLOCK,early Baroque, signed CASPARUS ZURBIN M STOCKHOLM (Casparus Zurbin, active in Stockholm from 1640-1665), Sweden circa 1650. Gilt bronze and brass. The chapter ring engraved with landscape. Fine brass movement with 4/4 striking on 2 bells. Requires servicing. 13.5x13.5x9.5 cm.
CHF 15 000 / 25 000 | (€ 15 460 / 25 770)
Sold for CHF 15 600 (including buyer’s premium)
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SMALL TRAVEL ALARM CLOCK,Renaissance, German circa 1570. Gilt bronze and brass. Partly replaced iron movement with verge escapement. D 48 mm. H 82 mm.
CHF 3 500 / 5 500 | (€ 3 610 / 5 670)
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PAIR OF PORPHYRY BUSTS OF CAESAR (?) AND EMPEROR ANTONIUS PIUS,Baroque, Rome, 18th century. Porphyry, "Giallo di Siena" marble, and matte and polished gilt bronze. With bronze heads. H approx. 100 cm. Provenance: from a highly important European private collection.
CHF 130 000 / 230 000 | (€ 134 020 / 237 110)
Sold for CHF 420 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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PAIR OF TALL CANDLESTICKS AS LAMPS, Baroque, probably northern Italy circa 1720. Silver-plated, chased brass. Fitted for electricity. H without light holder 82 cm.
CHF 800 / 1 200 | (€ 820 / 1 240)
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CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR, late Baroque, Italy, 18th/19th century. With masks and shells, the cartouche-shaped frame with old mirror plate. H 75, W 41 cm.
CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)
Sold for CHF 960 (including buyer’s premium)
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PAINTED LADY'S DESK, Louis XV, northern Italy circa 1760. Wood lacquered on all sides in "gout chinois". Fall-front writing surface lined with gold-stamped, red leather. Fitted interior of drawers and compartments. Bronze mounts and knobs. 84x42x(open 77)x95 cm.
CHF 9 000 / 14 000 | (€ 9 280 / 14 430)
Sold for CHF 10 200 (including buyer’s premium)
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PAIR OF MOOR BUSTS,late Baroque, in the style of M. BARTHEL (Melchior Barthel, 1625 Dresden 1672), Venice circa 1880. Black, white and polychrome marble. H approx. 78 cm. Provenance: from a highly important European private collection.
CHF 40 000 / 70 000 | (€ 41 240 / 72 160)
Sold for CHF 48 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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MARBLE BUST OF A NOBLEMAN,Baroque, Rome, 18th/19th century. "Carrara" and various other marble types. H 87 cm. Provenance: from a highly important European private collection.
CHF 50 000 / 80 000 | (€ 51 550 / 82 470)
Sold for CHF 60 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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CENTER TABLE "AUX COLONNES",Baroque style, partly with older elements, German. Walnut, mother of pearl and various partly colored precious woods in veneer with exceptionally fine inlays. The front with 1 drawer. Bronze mounts and drop handles. 130x77x77 cm.
CHF 2 500 / 4 500 | (€ 2 580 / 4 640)
Sold for CHF 3 240 (including buyer’s premium)
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PAIR OF IMPORTANT MIRRORS, Louis XV, Lohr circa 1730/40. Pierced and exceptionally finely carved gilt wood with cartouches, flowers, leaves and decorative frieze. The mirror plate in two parts. Some chips. H 170 cm, W 75 cm. Provenance: - Fischer-Boehler, Munich. - Private collection, Germany. One of the mirrors offered here is illustrated in: G. Child, World mirrors 1650-1900, London 1990; p. 229 (described as Frankfurt Mirror circa 1750).
CHF 8 000 / 14 000 | (€ 8 250 / 14 430)
Sold for CHF 20 400 (including buyer’s premium)
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STOOL "AUX PATTES DE GRIFFON", Baroque, Danish, 18th century. Richly carved walnut with remains of old gilding. Dark blue, buttoned silk cover with polychrome floral embroidery. 48x48x46 cm Provenance: aristocratic collection, Germany.
CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
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CARTOUCHE MIRROR,Baroque, German, 18th century. Heavily carved, gilt and partly painted wood. H 115 cm, W 71 cm.
CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
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PAIR OF TRUMEAU MIRRORS,Louis XV, by J.F. FUNK I (Johann Friedrich Funk, 1706 Bern 1775), the paintings attributed to J.E. HANDMANN (Jakob Emanuel Handmann, Basel 1718-1781 Bern), Bern circa 1764/65. Pierced and exceptionally finely carved gilt wood. The oil paintings with fine portraits of ladies. On original oak mount. H 282 cm, W 92 cm. Provenance: Formerly Guemligen Castle.
CHF 50 000 / 90 000 | (€ 51 550 / 92 780)
Sold for CHF 72 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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SET OF 8 PRETZEL CHAIRS,Louis XV, Bern, 18th century. Shaped walnut. Rose-colored velour cover with decorative nailwork. 54x46x46x100 cm.
CHF 4 000 / 7 000 | (€ 4 120 / 7 220)
Sold for CHF 6 875 (including buyer’s premium)
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MODEL CHEST OF DRAWERS,Baroque, South German circa 1750. Walnut and fruit woods inlaid with reserves and decorative frieze. The front with 5 drawers, the top drawer slightly smaller. Brass knobs and escutcheons. 47x27x48 cm.
CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)
Sold for CHF 2 400 (including buyer’s premium)
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