Online catalogue for the 63rd tribal art auction with special part 'wunderkammer'

261 Signet

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Egypt

clay, brown, matt patina, of rectangular form, decorated with Amun-Re, holding a "was" sceptre with one hand and an "ankh" symbol with the other, a cartouche with hieroglyphic inscriptions in the left corner, min. dam., rep. (right corner), slight traces of abrasion; the Ankh, also known as key of life, the key of the Nile or crux ansata, was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read eternal life. Egyptian gods are often portrayed carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest.

M: 12,5 cm x 7 cm, ~ 1000 B.c.
M: 4.9 inch x 2.8 inch, ~ 1000 B.c.

Provenance
Galerie Fischer, Luzern, Switzerland (1937)
Coll. Dr. Mäder, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Coll. Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Price: 1000 - 2000 €

262 Fragment of a sarcophagus panel

This object is not available any more.

Egypt

wood,, part of the flat bottom of an anthropomorphic wooden sarcophagus, coated with a thin layer of plaster and painted with polychrome pigments, depicting a female deity looking to the right, dressed with typical headgear and a kind of reddish skirt, probably depicting Nut, the goddess of the sky, min. dam., minor missing parts, traces of insect caused damage, paint rubbed off in parts, acrylic frame; in the Ennead of Egyptian mythology, Nut was the goddess of the sky. According to heliopotanic creation mythology she was the daughter of Schu, god of the air, and Tefnut, goddess of humidity and granddaughter of Atum, the god of the sun. Together with her husband Geb, the god of earth, they begot Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephtys.

M: 55,5 cm x 17 cm
M: 21.9 inch x 6.7 inch

Provenance
Coll. Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Sold.

263 Two vessels

This object is not available any more.

Peru, Nazca

clay, round botton, painted with polychrome geometric motifs, rep., min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, h: 15 cm; additional: a smaller, conical vessel with polychrome paint and plastically modelled human face, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, minor missing parts, h: 9 cm; the painting is polychrome as the Nazca artists had managed to develop a whole series of fireresisting colours applied to vessels before firing. The themes chosen are affected by a strong symbolism but do not show any individual representations of princes, priests or warriors.

Provenance
Coll. Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germany

Sold.

264 Double-spout vessel

This object is not available any more.

Peru, Nazca

clay, bellied vessel decorated with polychrome cat demon, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion; cats of prey play an important thematic role in the repertoire of almost all prähispanic cultures.This might be related to the fact that the biggest and most impressive animals of the New World belong to the Felidae.

H: 14 cm
H: 5.5 inch

Provenance
Coll. Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germany

Literature
Wieczorek, Alfried (Hg.), An die Mächte der Natur, Mythen der altperuanischen Nasca-Indianer, Mainz 2002, p. 131, ill. 4.13

Sold.

265 Bowl

This object is not available any more.

Peru, Nazca

clay, polychrome paint, of round form, 4 cm rim painted with beet-like motifs, min. dam., minor missing part at the rim, slight traces of abrasion

D: 21,5 cm; H: 6 cm
D: 8.5 inch; H: 2.4 inch

Provenance
Coll. Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germany

Price: 450 - 900 €

266 Three jars and a small oil lamp

This object is not available any more.

Etruskische Kultur (?)

terracotta, jars of bulbous forms in various sizes and colours (light-beige/dark brown and red coating), the medium-sized jar with modelled birds beak at the snout and incised herringbone-pattern, H: 6 cm-19 cm, additional: small oil lamp, crack, missing part (handle), l: 8,5 cm

Provenance
Coll. Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germany

Price: 300 - 600 €

267 Roman Glass Vial

This object is not available any more.

Altrömisch

free blown glass flacon with tapered conical body, long neck and tooled rim lip, iridescent green turquoise coating

H: 15,5 cm
H: 6.1 inch

Provenance
Coll. Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germany

Price: 600 - 1200 €

268 Four excavation founds

This object is not available any more.

Iran (Luristan)

bronze, two disc-shaped ornaments with half-spherical bulge in the centre and embossed ornaments, extremely corroded and encrusted with clay, missing parts, fabric remains backside (originally clothes ornament ?), d: 14,5 cm; circular pendant in openwork design with loop ornaments, eyelet for support, d: 6,5 cm; ring with stylized snakes motive, extremely corroded, d: 1,5 cm,

Provenance
Coll. Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germany

Price: 400 - 800 €

269 Spear tip

This object is not available any more.

Iran (Luristan)

bronze with patina, pointed blade, both sides showing raised centres, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion

L: 44,5 cm
L: 17.5 inch

Provenance
Coll. Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germany

Price: 400 - 800 €

270 Sword

This object is not available any more.

Iran (Luristan)

bronze with patina, blade with three raised ridges in the middle and sickle-shaped ornaments on either side, min. dam., minor missing parts, traces of corrosion; Lorestan is one of the oldest regions of Iran. In the 3rd and 4th millennium B.C., migrant tribes settled down in the mountainous area of the Zagros Mountains. The Kassites, an ancient people who spoke neither an Indo-European nor a Semitic language, originated in Lorestan. It was invaded and settled by the Iranian Medes in the 2nd millennium B.C. The Medes absorbed the indigenous inhabitants of the region, primarily the Elamites and Kassites, by the time the area was conquered by the Persians in the 1st millennium B.C.

L: 47 cm
L: 18.5 inch

Provenance
Coll. Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germany

Price: 400 - 800 €