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RICHLY INLAID MINIATURE CABINET

Lot 1019 - A216 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 26 March 2026, 01.30 PM

RICHLY INLAID MINIATURE CABINET

Southern Germany, second half of the 16th century. The ivory inlays are partly based on engravings by Virgil Solis (1514–1562).
Wood partly ebonized and richly inlaid with floral and foliage motifs featuring birds, hunting scenes, royal equestrian figures, etc. in rectangular reserves framed by scrollwork. Rectangular body structured by pilasters and molded cornices on a straight molded frame. Hinged lid with prismatic top, opening onto a compartment and side drawer. The top is inlaid with a cityscape, hunters with their prey, falconers on horseback, hunting dogs, and bears, hares, and wild boars, horsemen with pistols, and a cavalry battle. The inside of the lid is decorated with tendrils and birds. Finely engraved, gilt lock plate. The front has double doors above a drawer. The doors show a royal couple on horseback. The drawer front has two hunting scenes (probably later additions), owls, and birds. The double doors open onto eight drawers arranged around a door, the inlay work of which matches the exterior; the door shows a king with a scepter. The side walls and the back wall show royal horsemen in the middle section, the upper friezes show birds, and the lower friezes show hunting scenes. The pilasters in the lower section feature a total of nine ancient heroes based on engravings by Virgil Solis with different coats of arms. Iron grips on the sides.
45 × 33 × 38.5 cm.
Losses, minor supplements, missing parts, and cracks.
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CHF 30 000 / 50 000 | (€ 30 930 / 51 550)

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ISTORIATO PLATE WITH A FAMILY COAT-OF-ARMS - The Embden Collection

Lot 1107* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

ISTORIATO PLATE WITH A FAMILY COAT-OF-ARMS - The Embden Collection

Renaissance, Venice, ca. 1570. Probably Orazio Fortezza (or Horacije Fortezza, Šibenik, ca. 1530–1596)
Brass, finely engraved and partially blackened. The lip features three medallions of Roman statesmen, with three battle scenes in cartouches between them, framed by tendrils with mythical creatures. In the center is a battle scene with soldiers and horsemen on horseback, three banners labeled SPQR and PON. Probably a depiction of the Battle of Pharsalus or a battle between Romans and Barbarians. In the middle is a coat of arms, probably of an Italian family (possibly Collalto).
Ø 50 cm.
Perforation in the rim, minor dents and scuffs.

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

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LARGE FAIENCE “DELFTWARE” PLATTER - The Embden Collection

Lot 1132* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

LARGE FAIENCE “DELFTWARE” PLATTER - The Embden Collection

probably England, Southwark, dated 1646.
The well features an intimate scene with a monk and a woman embracing, observed by a fellow monk hidden behind a curtain. The lip of the plate is decorated with textile leaves, dated and monogrammed “BM 1646” in blue on the verso.
Ø 48 cm.
Repaired with clamps.
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LARGE DISPLAY PLATE WITH A FAMILY COAT OF ARMS - The Embden Collection

Lot 1101* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

LARGE DISPLAY PLATE WITH A FAMILY COAT OF ARMS - The Embden Collection

Renaissance, “Veneto-Saracenic” middle of the 16th century.
Brass intricately engraved with geometric and arabesque fillets. Wide lip with rounded rim. In the center of the well is probably a Venetian family coat of arms (possibly from the Condulmer family).
Ø 44 cm.
Repair to the rim. Minor dents and rubbing.

CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)

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COMMODE

Lot 5094* - ibid154 The Arlette and Antony Embden Collection - online only - Tuesday 23 September 2025, 01.30 PM

COMMODE

Rococo style, Rome, 19th century.
Tulipwood and rosewood inlaid in reserves with a diamond pattern. Curved body on a cut-out frame, on curved legs with sabots. Front with two convex sans-traverse drawers. Speckled, pink and gray marble top, edged in gilt bronze rod decorated with flowers. Bronze fittings (probably incomplete).
133 × 62 ×89 cm.

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

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SAINT CHRISTOPHER WITH THE INFANT JESUS - The Embden Collection

Lot 1113* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

SAINT CHRISTOPHER WITH THE INFANT JESUS - The Embden Collection

Northern Germany/The Netherlands, ca.1580.
Boxwood, finely carved in the round. The saint is depicted wearing a turban, a buttoned and belted doublet, and a long cloak, leaning on a large branch as a staff, and standing in a body of water. The Christ Child with the globe is crouching on his shoulders, and the two are making eye contact. On an octagonal stepped base with two blank coat-of-arms cartouches on the front.
H 38 cm.
One hand of Saint Christopher with a break, the Christ Child's right arm is missing. Cracks and losses.

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MAJOLICA AMPHORA VASE - The Embden Collection

Lot 1128* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

MAJOLICA AMPHORA VASE - The Embden Collection

Urbino, Patanazzi workshop, ca. 1580.
With double serpentine handles on the sides above ocher mascarons. Painted on both sides with a quatrefoil cartouche in an architectural frame flanked by two cherubs, painted in blue camaïeu in the center with sea creatures, Triton, and Nereid, on a white background with grotesque painting.
H 52 cm.
Restored.

CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

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AMETHYST MEDALLION, PAINTED WITH “CHRIST IN THE OLIVE GROVE”

Lot 1324* - A218 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 17 September 2026, 10.00 AM

AMETHYST MEDALLION, PAINTED WITH “CHRIST IN THE OLIVE GROVE”

Rome, circa 1620–40.
Oval amethyst medallion painted with a depiction of Christ in the Olive Grove (preserved in fragmentary condition), with traces of gold highlights. Set in a gilt, moulded double bronze frame inset with jasper, lapis lazuli and agate in the form of medallions and cartouches. Copper backplate. Suspension loop at the top.
35 × 31.5 cm.
Restored. Painting fragmentary. Chips and losses to the stone inlays.

CHF 1 500 / 2 000 | (€ 1 550 / 2 060)

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TWO SIMILAR MINIATURE WHEEL LOCK PISTOLS - The Embden Collection

Lot 1142* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

TWO SIMILAR MINIATURE WHEEL LOCK PISTOLS - The Embden Collection

Germany, probably Nuremberg, late 16th century. In the style of Michel Mann (active in Nuremberg from around 1590 to 1630).
Copper engraved with foliage and a dog, respectively, and gilt, and iron. Both with circular barrels, chamber third octagonal, separated by decorative grooves. Flat lock plate, lock with external wheel, cock with engraved iron decoration. Square trigger guard (missing on one pistol). Ramrods missing.
L ca. 5 cm.
One pistol somewhat incomplete.

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

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ROCK CRYSTAL LIDDED CUP WITH OCEAN IDYLL - The Embden Collection

Lot 1105* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

ROCK CRYSTAL LIDDED CUP WITH OCEAN IDYLL - The Embden Collection

Workshop of a Milanese family of artists, probably Miseroni (1518–1664) or Saracchi (1556–1657), late 16th century.
Rock crystal and setting in fine gold with red colored stones and enamel. The grotesque figure is dominated by a sea monster seen from behind, whose angled legs and long claws clasp the rhombus-shaped cup, its wide-open mouth grotesquely forming the mouth of the cup. On the front of the cup wall is a deeply carved marine idyll with dragon creatures and tritons, capturing the moment of a Nereid being kidnapped above a moving wave. In the spaces between, there is fine foliage with dolphin creatures, snakes, fish, birds, and turtles. The lid is formed by an amphibious hybrid creature rising from the depths of the sea monster's open mouth, the mouth of the vessel, its dragon-like head with its snout dipping into the surface of the lid. The baluster shaft with disc nodus above a curved foot with flower-shaped reducing lenses - possibly added later. The gold mounting is engraved with alternating leaf and frog motifs, inlaid with green translucent enamel and applied with white enamel flowers with red stones (probably rubies) set in gold.
H 25 cm.
Repairs and cracks.
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CHF 15 000 / 25 000 | (€ 15 460 / 25 770)

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FINELY INLAID CASE FOR A WRITING SET - The Embden Collection

Lot 1139* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

FINELY INLAID CASE FOR A WRITING SET - The Embden Collection

Germany or the Netherlands, 17th century.
Finely inlaid plum wood with partially engraved bone. Depiction of a city under siege with two warriors and a cannon or mortar firing at a fortified city. Fine decoration of arabesques and geometric fillets or friezes. Semi-circular box with hinged lid, opening onto a writing set with a compartment for a pen, a central folding compartment, and an inkwell. Brass inserts and fittings.
21.5 × 13 × 3.3 cm.
Few signs of use and minimal losses to the inlays.

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

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FINELY ENGRAVED CANDLESTICK - The Embden Collection

Lot 1099* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

FINELY ENGRAVED CANDLESTICK - The Embden Collection

Renaissance, “Veneto-Saracenic,” mid-16th century.
Brass intricately engraved and inlaid with geometric silver fillets and silver inlay. Decorated with stylized leaves, tendrils, and arabesques. Vase-shaped shaft with unidentified family crest, spacer ending in a large round base.
H 17 cm, Ø 15.5 cm.
Traces of oxidation. Small dents to the edges and slightly uneven base. Repair to the underside.

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

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INLAID CABINET ON STAND - The Embden Collection

Lot 1138* ♣ - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

INLAID CABINET ON STAND - The Embden Collection

Antwerp, second half of the 17th century and later.
Ebony, mahogany, and red-backed tortoiseshell inlaid in geometric reserves lined with filets in bone and mother-of-pearl. The inner panels feature rich inlays with flowers, tendrils, and vases of flowers. Rectangular body on four flattened feet with an architecturally structured front. Central double doors surrounded by twelve drawers, the double-doors divided by three Corinthian half-columns. Opening onto five drawers. Gilt spherical brass handles (probably later) with relief decoration. 2 keys. Partly later stand on four legs connected by an intermediate shelf, partly openworkedly carved, tapering downwards and gilt, decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers, tassels, and with turned feet and feet carved with acanthus leaves, respectively.
Cabinet 92 × 39.5 × 60 cm, Stand 100 × 42 × 75 cm.
Small cracks and losses to the base. Cabinet with losses to the veneer, restored and with some additions. Legs and feet of the stand are old.

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

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FINELY ENGRAVED KETTLE WITH DRAGON HANDLE - The Embden Collection

Lot 1100* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

FINELY ENGRAVED KETTLE WITH DRAGON HANDLE - The Embden Collection

Renaissance, “Veneto-Saracenic” mid-16th century.
Brass intricately engraved and inlaid with geometric silver fillets. Round basin with slightly flared base and profiled rim. Figurative handle in the form of stylized dragon heads.
Ø 26 cm, H 26.5 cm.
Rubbed. Signs of use.

CHF 5 000 / 7 000 | (€ 5 150 / 7 220)

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MAIOLICA ISTORIATO "SCODELLA" - The Embden Collection

Lot 1109* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

MAIOLICA ISTORIATO "SCODELLA" - The Embden Collection

Probably Venice (or Urbino), ca. 1560.
The deep, protruding shape is painted green, ocher, yellow, and blue with a mythological scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Diana and Callisto. The compact depiction shows the Goddess of the Hunt, Diana, on the right edge of the picture, into whose figure Jupiter transforms himself in order to seduce her companion Callisto, who is later transformed into a bear by Jupiter's jealous wife Juno. Ocher-yellow border and line borders on the back.
Ø 30 cm.
Chipped rim.

CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)

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EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF ARCHDUKE FERDINAND KARL OF AUSTRIA (1628–1662)

Lot 1044* - A216 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 26 March 2026, 01.30 PM

EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF ARCHDUKE FERDINAND KARL OF AUSTRIA (1628–1662)

After a model by Caspar Gras (1585–1674), Austria or Gottfried Leygebe (1630-1683).
Bronze with dark -brown patina. On a later wooden base.
H 57.5 cm, L 41.5 cm.
Saddle and horseman possibly assorted to the horse. Retouching to the patina. Losses. Minor restorations.

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

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TURTLE - The Embden Collection

Lot 1095* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

TURTLE - The Embden Collection

Renaissance, Italy, probably Padua, 16th century (?)
Dark patinated bronze. Fine detailing of the skin and shell structure. The beak is slightly open.
L 20.5 cm, H 6 cm.
Signs of wear. Solder marks.

CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

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MAJOLICA ALBARELLO - The Embden Collection

Lot 1098* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

MAJOLICA ALBARELLO - The Embden Collection

Naples, Luca Jodice, “Maestro dei profili corrucciati" (The Master of Frowning Profiles) first half of the 16th century.
With a woman in profile facing to the left, on a blue background with the word “Aramata” on a white background decorated with stylized leaves in blue.
H 28.5 cm.

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BRONZE FIGURE OF A CARITAS - The Embden Collection

Lot 1155* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

BRONZE FIGURE OF A CARITAS - The Embden Collection

Northern Italy, probably Venice, early 16th century. Attributed to the “Master of the Barbarigo Reliefs”.
Bronze with brown patina. Depiction of a draped woman holding a flame in her right hand. On a cylindrical stepped marble plinth.
H with plinth 25.5 cm.
Bronze slightly rubbed. Minor dents and scratches. Marble plinth with chips and losses, as well as some repairs.

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MAJOLICA “VASO A BOCCIA” APOTHECARY JAR - The Embden Collection

Lot 1115* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

MAJOLICA “VASO A BOCCIA” APOTHECARY JAR - The Embden Collection

Venice, workshop of Domenego da Venezia, ca. 1580.
Painted with two portrait medallions framed in yellow, depicting a man and a woman above a volute-framed scroll bearing the pharmaceutical contents in Latin in blue on a blue background decorated with lavish leaf tendrils.
H 33 cm.
Haarriss.

CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

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A PAIR OF MOUNTED VASES - The Embden Collection

Lot 1118* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

A PAIR OF MOUNTED VASES - The Embden Collection

Italy, probably Venice, 17th century.
Blue glass, partly slightly spiral-shaped with gilt bronze mount, partly openwork. Ovoid vase body with funnel-shaped neck. Bronze decoration in the form of putto heads, leaf frieze, and volutes. Curved, ribbed volute handles at the top. Round, multi-profiled trumpet foot.
H 24.5 cm.
Glasses assorted, one heavily corroded. Cracks. Mount partly with losses and rubbed.

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A PAIR OF SCONCES - The Embden Collection

Lot 1214* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

A PAIR OF SCONCES - The Embden Collection

Louis XVI, France, ca. 1770/80.
Gilt bronze. Narrow wall plate decorated with mesh, buds, grapes and leaves, acanthus leaves and drapery with corded ends. Three curved, fluted light branches entwined with acanthus leaves and buds. Vase-shaped nozzles on wide, flat drip pans (later). Formerly fitted for electricity.
H 60.5 cm.
Partially oxidized. Partially loose. Drill holes and screw connection of the nozzle modified for fitting for electricity.

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RELIEF DEPICTING THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY - The Embden Collection

Lot 1076* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

RELIEF DEPICTING THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY - The Embden Collection

England, probably Nottingham, second half of the 15th century.
Alabaster carved in three-quarter relief with traces of polychrome paintwork. The crowned Mother of God is lifted into heaven by four angels in a cloth mandorla. Above is a bust of Christ flanked by two angels playing music. Mounted on a later wooden panel, partly covered with red velour.
49 × 26.5 cm.
Various losses and repaired breaks. Paintwork heavily rubbed, only partially preserved.

CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)

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ISTORIATO PLATE - The Embden Collection

Lot 1106* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

ISTORIATO PLATE - The Embden Collection

Renaissance, probably Venice, ca. 1600. In the style of Orazio Fortezza (or Horacije Fortezza, Šibenik, ca. 1530–1596).
Brass, chased and richly engraved. Round recessed plate with wide lip and embossed rim. In the center, a blind coat of arms cartouche surrounded by three other cartouches depicting scenes of war (sea battle, infantry, and cavalry). Surrounded by lush acanthus leaf scrolls, grotesque figures, and leaf masks. The wall is engraved in the style of a stylized wreath with a decorative ribbon. The lip features three cartouches with scenes from the story of Moses (worship of the golden calf, parting of the sea, Moses striking water from the rock), surrounded by foliate scrolls and grotesque figures.
Ø 50 cm.
Repair to the lip. Signs of wear and some dents.

CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)

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BRONZE FIGURE OF “HERCULES FARNESE” - The Embden Collection

Lot 1123* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday 18 September 2025, 01.30 PM

BRONZE FIGURE OF “HERCULES FARNESE” - The Embden Collection

France, ca. 1800. Based on a model from Antiquity.
Bronze cast in several parts, brown patina. Leaning on a branch covered with lion skin, holding three apples in his right hand behind his back. On a matching rectangular bronze plinth.
H 42.5 cm.
Isolated casting defects. Rubbed. Break in the base.

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