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855  |  A PERSIAN CARVED WOOD CHEST
                                                                                                                                                                                                WITH IRON HANDLES AND FITTINGS,
                                                                                                                                                                                                17TH-18TH CENTURY

                                                                                                                                                                                           Persia. The chest standing on four feet and with carved and
                                                           850  |  A MESOPOTAMIAN BASALT                                                                                                   incised geometric decorations, iron handles and fittings.
                                                                 DUCK WEIGHT, c. 2000 BC
                                                                                                                                                                                           Condition: Extensive wear, minor losses, and chipping.
                                                           Mesopotamia, around 2000 BC. The volcanic rock finely carved
                                                                                                                                                                                           Provenance: Austrian private collection. Acquired locally, by
                                                           and polished, depicting a recumbent duck with its head and beak
                                                                                                                                                                                           repute before 1980.
                                                           resting on its back, with a crescent moon in relief on one side to
                                                           the head and incised inscriptions on the other.
                                                                                                                                                                                           Dimensions: Size 42.5 x 37.3 x 21.1 cm.
                                                                                                                                                                                           Estimate EUR 400,-
            849  |  A SEPIK RIVER ORATOR’S SEAT,           Condition: Excellent condition with few minor traces of wear and                                                                Starting price EUR 200,-
                  EARLY 20TH CENTURY                       losses, with a fine patina.
                                                           Provenance: Austrian private collection. By repute acquired
            Papua New Guinea, early 20th century. The orator’s seat or   between 1990 and 2000 in the local auction market.
            ‘Speaking Chair’ with a pierced pattern standing on four rests with
            a rectangular base.                            Weight: 1,264 g.                                                                 854  |  A MAYAN BROWN-GLAZED TERRACOTTA
                                                           Dimensions: Length 15.8 cm.                                                            HEAD FRAGMENT OF A DEITY
            Condition: Extensive wear, traces of use, age cracks and some   Estimate EUR 2.000,-                                            Maya culture. The face with a noble expression with large eyes
            losses.                                        Starting price EUR 1.000,-                                                       and nose, full lips, wearing earrings, protruding breasts, incised
                                                                                                                                            infinity symbol-like halo above the head.
            Provenance: Austrian private collection. Acquired locally, by
            repute before 1980.
            Weight: 3,684 g.                               852  |  A 14K YELLOW GOLD, CORAL AND JADE                                        Condition: Extensive wear, patina, and losses.
            Dimensions: Height 32.0 cm.                          ‘DEER’S HEAD’ BROOCH, c. 1900-1930                                         Provenance: Austrian private collection.
            Estimate EUR 400,-                             The back of the brooch crafted from 14K yellow gold in the                       Weight: 294.9 g.
            Starting price EUR 200,-                       form of a cross within a circle, set with a coral deer’s head in the             Dimensions: Height 11.1 cm.
                                                           center, flanked by two freshwater pearls and with spinach-green
                                                           jade pine trees below and a turquoise and pearl flower above,                    Estimate EUR 200,-
                                                           surrounded by coral beads and further pearls.                                    Starting price EUR 100,-
            851  |  A PAIR OF CHINESE INLAID
                  WALL PANELS, LATE QING
                                                           Condition: Excellent
            China, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912). This pair of Chinese inlaid   condition with few minor                                    856  |  A PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA
            wall panels offers very fine depictions of two ladies, both under   traces of wear.                                                   EWER AND WORSHIPPER FIGURE
            willow trees, one harvesting algae with lotus also seen in the   Provenance: Austrian
            image and the other inside a junk and holding a fan. Ivory and   private collection.                                            America, probably 15th – 16th century or earlier. The ewer
            boxwood inlays on rosewood, root and rosewood frames with                                                                       modeled as a mythical beast with a wide-open mouth, fangs, and
            ornamental brass suspensions.                  Weight: 9.7 g.                                                                   a fierce expression, while the other figure shows a worshipper
                                                           Dimensions: Diameter                                                             sitting cross-legged with bent arms and wearing round prominent   857  |  22 HEADS AND FIGURES –
                                                           2.8 cm.                                                                          earrings. (2)                                       PRE-COLUMBIAN ERA
            Condition: Overall good condition with few cracks and signs of
            age.                                           Hallmarked “1 H” on the                                                                                                         Pre-Columbian Era, 900 BC - 1500 AD. A group of 22 different
            Provenance: Galerie Zacke archive.             needle.                                                                          Condition: Remains of cold painting, extensive wear, chipping,   figurines, 17 head fragments and 5 full body figures.
                                                                                                                                            and losses.
            Dimensions: Size incl. frame 57 x 27.3 cm each.  Estimate EUR 300,-                                                             Provenance: Austrian private collection.
                                                           Starting price EUR 150,-                                                                                                        Condition: Some repairs, material losses or chips – still
            Estimate EUR 300,-                                                                                                              Weight: 588.8 g in total.                      appealing optical appearance.
            Starting price EUR 150,-                                                                                                        Dimensions: Height 11.8 and 12.1 cm.           Provenance: Galerie Zacke archive.
                                                           853  |  A PAIR OF ‘DOCTOR’S LADY’ BOY AND GIRL                                   Estimate EUR 400,-                             Dimensions: Height 4 to 18 cm.
                                                                 MINIATURE DOLLS, 19TH CENTURY                                              Starting price EUR 200,-
                                                                                                                                                                                           Estimate EUR 400,-
                                                           Asia, 19th century. The miniature dolls with the original painting,                                                             Starting price EUR 200,-
                                                           silk dresses and pearl borders, depicting a boy and girl with
                                                           visible genitalia, used for educational purposes or to allow a
                                                           patient to indicate the location of their discomfort without
                                                           showing or pointing to their own body. (2)

                                                           Condition: Good
                                                           condition with minor
                                                           wear, losses, and soiling.
                                                           Provenance: Croatian
                                                           private collection.
                                                           Weight: 4.6 g in total.
                                                           Dimensions: Length
                                                           6.0 cm each.

                                                           Estimate EUR 300,-
                                                           Starting price EUR 150,-




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