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CLAY TABLET WITH CUNEIFORM SCRIPT AND SEAL

Lot 1001 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

CLAY TABLET WITH CUNEIFORM SCRIPT AND SEAL

Emar ( present-day Meskenes), 13th century BC.
Fired clay with notched cuneiform script on all sides. One narrow side with a seal and figurative scenes.
8.5 × 6.6 × 2.5 cm.

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

Sold for CHF 8 750 (including buyer's premium)

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OINOCHOE

Lot 1002 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

OINOCHOE

Attic, ca. 510 BC.
Black-figured ceramics. Depiction of a seated man flanked by two dancing figures. Trilobed spout.
H 22 cm.

CHF 1 500 / 2 000 | (€ 1 550 / 2 060)

Sold for CHF 2 125 (including buyer's premium)

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RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS

Lot 1003 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS

Attic, 2nd half of the 5th century BC.
Red-figured ceramics. Depiction of a Nike, with meander frieze at the top and bottom. The shoulder of the vessel with palmette frieze.
H 33 cm.

CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)

Sold for CHF 2 500 (including buyer's premium)

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OINOCHOE

Lot 1005 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

OINOCHOE

Greek-Apulian, 4th century BC.
Red-figured ceramics with black and white heightening. Central depiction of a seated lady flanked by a small angel of victory and servants holding a pine wand and a laurel wreath. The reverse with rich palmette decoration. Circumferential wave decoration. Handle with central ridge and leaf decoration. Wide trilobed spout.
H 34 cm.

CHF 1 500 / 2 000 | (€ 1 550 / 2 060)

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RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS

Lot 1006 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS

Attic, 475-450 BC. Attributed to the Karlsruhe painter.
Red-figured pottery. Depiction of a spinning woman with a kalathos.Red-figured pottery. Depiction of a spinning woman with a kalathos.
H 17.5 cm.

CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)

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RED-FIGURED CALYX CRATER

Lot 1007 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

RED-FIGURED CALYX CRATER

Attic, Kercher style, ca. 375-330/320 century BC.
Red-figured ceramics. Side A: Eros between maenad and satyr. Side B: two figures facing one another. With inventory number P12077 at the bottom of the base.
H 32 cm.

CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

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BELLY AMPHORA “HERACLES' JOURNEY TO OLYMPUS”

Lot 1008 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

BELLY AMPHORA “HERACLES' JOURNEY TO OLYMPUS”

Greek, ca. 540/530 BC Type B, attributable to the Bucci painter.
Black-figured ceramics. Side A: Athena as a charioteer with a quadriga (1 white and 3 black horses), Hercules as a warrior with a club, led by Hermes the messenger of the gods. The top with an elegant palmette and pearl frieze. Side B: Warrior in full regalia with shield and lance, flanked on the left by a youth and an old man, flanked on the right by a female figure and two other men. The top with decorative frieze. At the bottom of the base, probably a later, notched monogram.
H 45 cm.

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

Sold for CHF 25 000 (including buyer's premium)

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NECK AMPHORA

Lot 1009 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

NECK AMPHORA

Attic, late 6th century BC. In the manner of the Edinburgh Painter.
Black-figured pottery. Side A: Depiction of Dionysus with a kantharos in his left hand and an ivy crown flanked by two dancing satyrs. Side B: Two fighting warriors flanked by two draped female figures. Lavish decoration, tendril and palmette friezes, tongue frieze at the base of the neck and a radiant wreath under a lothos frieze. With an indistinct customs stamp at the base, and numbered 7 and 112.
H 28 cm.

CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)

Sold for CHF 8 750 (including buyer's premium)

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FRAGMENT OF A WOMAN'S HEAD

Lot 1010 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

FRAGMENT OF A WOMAN'S HEAD

Palmyra, early 3rd century AD.
Stone with sintering and remains of paintwork. Frontal view of a noble lady with rich hair ornaments, earrings and visible finger tips touching a veil. Mounted on a base.
L ca. 31 cm, H 29 cm. H with base 32 cm.

CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)

Sold for CHF 13 750 (including buyer's premium)

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ANTHROPOMORPHIC MEZCALA FIGURE

Lot 1011 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

ANTHROPOMORPHIC MEZCALA FIGURE

Late Preclassic, Mezcala, Mexico, ca. 300-100 BC.
Greyish-green volcanic stone carved in relief. Standing figure with forearms in relief, placed diagonally on the stomach. The legs split. Geometric and canted facial features. Distinctive eyebrow arches, nose, mouth and receding forehead. On a chrome-plated steel base.
H 34 cm, L 9.3 cm.

CHF 30 000 / 45 000 | (€ 30 930 / 46 390)

Sold for CHF 97 500 (including buyer's premium)

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VERDURE (TAPESTRY WITH A LANDSCAPE SUBJECT) "FORÊT SAUVAGE À GRANDES FEUILLES"

Lot 1013 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

VERDURE (TAPESTRY WITH A LANDSCAPE SUBJECT) "FORÊT SAUVAGE À GRANDES FEUILLES"

Probably Enghien or Oudenaarde, 16th century.
The tapestry on offer features depictions of large cabbage leaves and a rich vegetation with birds, a stag, two leopards, an animal fight and a landscape with a village, a church, ruins and a river with a fishing boat in the background. Border trimmed and later.
250 × 220 cm.

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

Sold for CHF 26 250 (including buyer's premium)

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GOLD PLAQUE WITH ENAMEL CLOISONNÉ OVERLAYS "CHRIST AS RULER OF THE WORLD"

Lot 1015 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

GOLD PLAQUE WITH ENAMEL CLOISONNÉ OVERLAYS "CHRIST AS RULER OF THE WORLD"

Byzantine style, probably Spanish, piece from the 19th century.
Gold and enamel cloisonné in red, blue and white. Christ enthroned in the center as Ruler of the World with a book and a gesture of blessing, flanked by a standing Mary and the disciple John. In a later case.
13.5 × 8 cm; Case: 15.8 × 11.4 cm.

CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)

Sold for CHF 2 204 (including buyer's premium)

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FRAGMENT OF A “MILLE-FLEURS” TAPESTRY

Lot 1017* - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

FRAGMENT OF A “MILLE-FLEURS” TAPESTRY

Possibly Franconian, ca. 1450/60.
A man and a woman in a garden with opulent flowers and a reclining animal. Landscape with a village in the background. Later red border.
54.5 × 108 cm.

CHF 3 000 / 4 000 | (€ 3 090 / 4 120)

Sold for CHF 13 750 (including buyer's premium)

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SAINT BARBARA

Lot 1018* - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

SAINT BARBARA

Gothic, Upper Rhine, ca. 1500/1510.
Carved wood, verso hollowed and with remains of paintwork. The saint standing slightly contraposto with a Gothic steeple and a chalice. Crowned, her hair falling in long curly strands.
H 115 cm.

CHF 6 000 / 10 000 | (€ 6 190 / 10 310)

Sold for CHF 10 625 (including buyer's premium)

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BIBLICAL TAPESTRY "ISRAELITES CARRYING THE ARK OF THE COVENANT"

Lot 1019* - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

BIBLICAL TAPESTRY "ISRAELITES CARRYING THE ARK OF THE COVENANT"

Flanders, 2nd half of the 16th century.
Depiction of a courtly society in a park, in the background the procession of the Israelites with the Ark of the Covenant and architectural elements. A wide, richly decorated border with allegorical figures, architectural elements, garlands of flowers, tendrils and fruit as well as geometric friezes.
310 × ca. 420 cm.

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

Sold for CHF 9 375 (including buyer's premium)

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PIETÀ FROM THE ESTATE OF NIKLAUS STOECKLIN

Lot 1020 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

PIETÀ FROM THE ESTATE OF NIKLAUS STOECKLIN

Italy, early 15th century. In the style of the Rimini maître.
Alabaster worked full-round and verso slightly flattened and hollowed in the base. Group of figures with the Virgin Mary holding the martyred body of Christ on her lap. An angel's head supports the feet of Christ.
38 × 15 × 58 cm.
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CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)

Sold for CHF 17 500 (including buyer's premium)

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"COCONUT" TANKARD WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNT

Lot 1022* - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

"COCONUT" TANKARD WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNT

Probably Switzerland (Sion), 16th century.
Round base on three flat feet in the shape of angel heads. Cuppa made of an unfinished coconut set with three flat, ornamented clasps. High lip rim engraved with foliage. S-shaped handle with the same decoration, a female fish as a thumb rest. The lid also made of coconut set with clasps with a central, flat finial. Engraved coat of arms, initials F+P and the year [15]86, presumably the coat of arms of a tailors' guild.
H 18.5 cm.

CHF 15 000 / 25 000 | (€ 15 460 / 25 770)

Sold for CHF 18 750 (including buyer's premium)

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ENAMEL PLAQUE DEPICTING THE CRUCIFIXION

Lot 1024 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

ENAMEL PLAQUE DEPICTING THE CRUCIFIXION

Limoges, late 16th century.
Polychrome enamel with gold drawing on a rectangular copper plate. Central depiction of the crucifixion of Christ surrounded by a kneeling Mary Magdalene, Mary, the disciple John, another disciple, Judas, and Romans. In a carved wooden frame with remnants of gilding. The back with an old, indistinct label.
16.5 × 12.5 cm, with frame 22.5 × 18.5 cm.

CHF 1 500 / 2 000 | (€ 1 550 / 2 060)

Sold for CHF 1 375 (including buyer's premium)

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ALBARELLO

Lot 1025 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

ALBARELLO

Naples, from the “Il Maestro dei profili corrucciati” circle, ca. 1530-60.
Cylindrical maiolica earthenware jar with a recessed wall, painted with a profile of a lady with a yellow headdress, and to the left with a band of writing entitled “Gennarella” on a blue ground and leaf tendrils, painted in blue, ochre and yellow with blue scrollwork, between dotted borders on the shoulder of the vessel and on the foot.
H 21 cm.

CHF 3 000 / 6 000 | (€ 3 090 / 6 190)

Sold for CHF 3 750 (including buyer's premium)

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FIGURE OF A SATYR

Lot 1026* - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

FIGURE OF A SATYR

Italy, Venice, 2nd half of the 16th century. Attributed to Andrea di Alessandri, called Il Bresciano (ca. 1550-1575).
Brown patinated bronze. Depicting a standing satyr with crossed hooves and outstretched right arm, holding a panpipe in his left hand. On an ebonized, retracted wooden base. The bottom of the base with Italian customs stamps dated April 9, 1965 and with auction labels and inventory number.
H without base 18 cm.

CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)

Sold for CHF 85 000 (including buyer's premium)

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LARGE DOOR KNOCKER WITH ZEUS FIGHTING THE TITANS

Lot 1027* - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

LARGE DOOR KNOCKER WITH ZEUS FIGHTING THE TITANS

Italy, Veneto, 16th/17th century. In the style of Alessandro Vittoria.
Brown patinated bronze. Drop-shaped, open-worked, figural door knocker. Depiction of Zeus riding an eagle on a scroll and leaf tendril handle and three Titans plunging downwards in suffering poses. Iron mounting rod.
H 35 cm, L 32 cm.

CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

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FIGURE OF MOSES

Lot 1029 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

FIGURE OF MOSES

Probably France, 2nd half of the 18th century. Copy after Michelangelo's Moses, 1513-1515 for the Julius Tomb in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome.
Terracotta. Horned Moses seated with the Ten Commandments on a flat rectangular base.
H 58 cm.
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CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)

Sold for CHF 22 500 (including buyer's premium)

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CROSS WITH MICRO-CARVING

Lot 1030 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

CROSS WITH MICRO-CARVING

Greek/Late Byzantine, last quarter of the 16th century Georgios Laskaris (active 1538-1583) and workshop.
Boxwood on a cylindrical shaft, intricately carved on all sides and partly pierced with scenes from the New Testament, divided into four registers, each scene with an ancient Greek title. The narrow sides worked in the same manner. On a later fabric-covered base.
H without base 23.3 cm, L 9.9 cm.

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

Sold for CHF 30 000 (including buyer's premium)

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TURRET CLOCK WITH SMALL BACK PENDULUM

Lot 1031 - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

TURRET CLOCK WITH SMALL BACK PENDULUM

South German, probably Augsburg, ca. 1600.
Architectural case in bronze and copper, with engraved, punched and chased decoration and gilt. On a rectangular, stepped and profiled base decorated with angel heads, scrolls and fruit. Openwork, temple-shaped belfry with balustrades and a figure on top. Removable side panels with arabesques, the corners decorated with pilasters. Front with silvered chapter ring, Roman hours and Arabic minutes. The back with two superimposed subsidiary dials for the striking mechanism. Movement with pillar construction, going and striking train arranged one behind the other. Movement with verge escapement, original wheel balance converted to rear pendulum (pendulum incomplete). Quarter hour striking train on two bells. Alarm mechanism removed.
16.5 × 16.5 × 37.5 cm.

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

Sold for CHF 11 875 (including buyer's premium)

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OVAL IVORY PLAQUE “APHRODITE AND APOLLO”

Lot 1033 ♣ - A210 Decorative Arts - Thursday 19 September 2024, 02.00 PM

OVAL IVORY PLAQUE “APHRODITE AND APOLLO”

Baroque, Flemish work, late 17th century, circle of Francis Van Bossuit (1635-1692).
Ivory carved in high relief. Depiction of Aphrodite and Apollo in a bedstead with rich drapery and a curtain with a flying cupid. Fixed on a wooden support and in a later, octagonal wooden frame. Verso with various annotations, barely legible customs stamp “F-M 25. Av. Grande A... XVII”, one label inscribed F.E.M.
Without frame H 11.3 cm, W 16 cm.

CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)

Sold for CHF 17 400 (including buyer's premium)

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