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COLLECTION OF FIVE CARVED WOOD FRAGMENTS
157 158 Carved wood, partially with color. Egypt, Persia and others, 8 to 17 Century 162
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EIGHT LITTLE BRONZE CHARMS AND FIGURES FOUR BRONZE FRAGMENTS AND BUCKLES TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS WITH RESIDUE OF GILDING
Bronze Cast bronze This collection comprises five finely carved wood fragments. The small ebony fragment Terracotta, residue of gilding, partially with colored glass
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Khorasan, 10 to 12 Century Khorasan, 10 to 13 Century was made in the 8 century and is decorated with a floral motif carved in high relief. Probably Persia, 12 Century
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The small slender wood fragment is of Egyptian origin and dates back to the 11 or
The collection comprises a pendant in the shape of a boot, two sculptural One plaque shows a human figure with a scepter and crown. One 12 century. It is adorned on both sides with a rosette and scroll. The corner piece of a This small collector’s set comprises eight small moulded tiles and various
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standing figures, two figural fittings, a small rectangular mould, a round buckle is chased with an abstract decor whilst the other one shows a wooden panel carved with a deer (head missing) is from the same period and region. fragments made from terracotta. They show partial residue of color and
plaque with a calligraphic inscription as well as a pendant in ovoid shape mythical creature in relief. The bronze fragment shows a similar creature. The narrow, slightly convex fragment with an incised decor, probably part of a box, was gilding as well as colored glass. All pieces have perforations, which suggest
showing a running dog. Here traces of a reddish color are visible. Despite The latter is a simurgh, a peaceful creature with the head of a dog, the also made in the 12 century probably in Khorasan. It features a red and black lacquer that they might have been worn as pendants or as parts of a necklace.
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their size all pieces are finely chased. claws of a lion and the wings of an eagle. In Persian mythology the surface; the underside is also colored in red. A lovely highlight is the elaborately worked
simurgh is said to have endless knowledge and considered to be the wooden panel, probably the side of a box, which is ornamented with a carved image of Shape: Various shapes of tiles
Shape: Figural decor mediator between the sky and the earth. a bird in branch-wood. The background shows residue of red color. Dimensions: Eight square tiles 2.7 x 2.7 CM, five fragments between 1.8 CM
Dimensions: HEIGHT 1.8 to 5 CM and 3.5 CM
Condition: Good state of preservation with signs of age and use, some Shape: Relief décor Shape: Carved in relief Condition: Fair state of preservation according to their age; material loss and
objects show minor material loss; appealing partially malachite colored Dimensions: ca. 2 x 3 CM Dimensions: LENGTH 7 to 13 CM original color and gilding is only partially still visible
patina Condition: Signs of age and use; partially damaged Condition: Fair condition according to their age with color and material loss Provenance: From the ex-collection F.R. Martin, thence Austrian private
Provenance: From the ex-collection F.R. Martin, thence Austrian private Provenance: From the ex-collection F.R. Martin, thence Austrian private Provenance: From the ex-collection of F.R. Martin, thence Austrian private collection; collection, partially with old collection number (F.R. Martin)
collection, partially with old collection number (F.R. Martin) collection, partially with old collection number (F.R. Martin) with old collection label and number (F.R. Martin)
Estimate EUR 100,-
Estimate EUR 100,- Estimate EUR 100,- Estimate EUR 100,- Starting price EUR 50,-
Starting price EUR 50,- Starting price EUR 50,- Starting price EUR 50,-

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THREE ORNAMENTAL WOODEN MOULDS 164
Carved wood FOUR CAST BRONZE WEIGHTS WITH ANIMAL DEPICTIONS
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Egypt and Persia, 12 to 19 Century Cast bronze
Probably Egypt, Syria, Persia, 13 to 14 Century
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This set includes three finely carved wooden moulds with floral motifs and delicate
patterns. The printing block is chiselled with symmetrical palmettes. The small roundel, These four cast bronze objects are probably weights. One piece shows a lion
159 160 carved in high relief, probably dates back to the 14 Century and shows residue of a modelled in relief. Another one, in triangular form with the image of a bird.
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SIX LITTLE BRONZE CHARMS AND FIGURES SIX LITTLE BRONZE PENDANTS AND FIGURES red color. The small wooden fragment is also carved in high relief. It dates back to 12 The roundel depicting a deer surrounded by foliage. Completing the set, there
Bronze, silver Bronze, silver, colored glass Century Egypt and features a decorative cartouche band. is a small round weight with two heads in profile.
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Khorasan, 10 to 12 Century Khorasan, 10 to 12 Century
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Shape: Moulds Shape: Figural depictions, cast in relief
The collection comprises a pendant in the shape of a boot, one sculptural The collection comprises two figural pendants, one sculptural standing Dimensions: HEIGHT printing block 2.1 CM, LENGTH 6.1 CM and WIDTH 8.7 CM Dimensions: DIAMETER two roundels 3.7 CM and 5 CM, HEIGHT of the other
standing figure and three figural fittings. Special attention must be drawn figure, one figural fitting as well as a coin. A lovely highlight is the silver end DIAMETER roundel 5.1 CM, HEIGHT 2.4 CM two 4 CM
to the bronze pin adorned with finely chased silver inlays. Despite their fitting of a dagger sheath. It is chased with floral ornaments on both sides HEIGHT small wooden fragment 1.8 CM, LENGTH 1.6 CM and WIDTH 1.6 CM Condition: Good state of preservation with light material loss
size all pieces are worked with a lovely richness of detail. and adorned with little round glass gems. Condition: Good state of preservation according to their age with signs of age and Provenance: From the ex-collection F.R. Martin, thence Austrian private
use, minor chips; visible cracks on the roundel collection, partially with old collection number (F.R. Martin)
Shape: Figural décor Shape: Figural decor Provenance: From the ex-collection F.R. Martin, thence Austrian private collection,
Dimensions: HEIGHT 2 to 7 CM Dimensions: HEIGHT 2 to 4.5 CM partially with old collection number (F.R. Martin) Estimate EUR 100,-
Condition: Good state of preservation with signs of age and use; the pin Condition: Good state of preservation with signs of age and use; the coin Starting price EUR 50,-
shows minor material loss along the tip; appealing partially malachite decor shows abrasions and the silver piece a crack and minor material loss; Estimate EUR 50,-
colored patina the bronze objects have an appealing, partially malachite colored patina Starting price EUR 25,-
Provenance: From the ex-collection F.R. Martin, thence Austrian private Provenance: From the ex-collection F.R. Martin, thence Austrian private
collection, partially with old collection number (F.R. Martin) collection, partially with old collection number (F.R. Martin)
Estimate EUR 100,- Estimate EUR 100,-
Starting price EUR 50,- Starting price EUR 50,-
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