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Description from the seller
Wiener Bronze around the 1900s – Erotic unveiling figure (attributed to the Franz Xaver Bergmann Foundry)
Object description
Finely worked, multi-part Viennese bronze in the Oriental style (Historicism / Art Nouveau), dated to the period around the 1900s. The piece shows a fully three-dimensional scene on a rectangular, richly patterned oriental rug with a fringe border: A young woman lies resting on a cushioned divan.
As a special feature and quality hallmark, this is a so-called “unveiling bronze” (erotic bronze with mechanism/gag): The intricately chiselled bronze coverlet can be removed and reveals the view of the finely modeled, perfectly naked body of the sleeping woman.
Foundry & attribution
• Manufacturer / attribution: Franz Xaver Bergmann Foundry (Vienna)
• Marking: stamped foundry mark (pitcher/vase with B-signature) on the underside of the rug (severely worn, digitally forensic verified).
• Material: Bronze, patinated and chiselled
• Dating: Approx. 1890–1910
Dimensions & weight
• Rug base: 16.5 cm × 10.0 cm
• Figure: approx. 10.0 cm in length
• Total weight: 702 g
Condition
In age-appropriate very good, authentic condition with beautiful, original patina. The precisely fitting cover is complete and original. The foundry stamp on the unpolished underside is barely visible to the naked eye due to age-related wear, but substantively detectable.
I am liquidating my collection.
Wiener Bronze around the 1900s – Erotic unveiling figure (attributed to the Franz Xaver Bergmann Foundry)
Object description
Finely worked, multi-part Viennese bronze in the Oriental style (Historicism / Art Nouveau), dated to the period around the 1900s. The piece shows a fully three-dimensional scene on a rectangular, richly patterned oriental rug with a fringe border: A young woman lies resting on a cushioned divan.
As a special feature and quality hallmark, this is a so-called “unveiling bronze” (erotic bronze with mechanism/gag): The intricately chiselled bronze coverlet can be removed and reveals the view of the finely modeled, perfectly naked body of the sleeping woman.
Foundry & attribution
• Manufacturer / attribution: Franz Xaver Bergmann Foundry (Vienna)
• Marking: stamped foundry mark (pitcher/vase with B-signature) on the underside of the rug (severely worn, digitally forensic verified).
• Material: Bronze, patinated and chiselled
• Dating: Approx. 1890–1910
Dimensions & weight
• Rug base: 16.5 cm × 10.0 cm
• Figure: approx. 10.0 cm in length
• Total weight: 702 g
Condition
In age-appropriate very good, authentic condition with beautiful, original patina. The precisely fitting cover is complete and original. The foundry stamp on the unpolished underside is barely visible to the naked eye due to age-related wear, but substantively detectable.
I am liquidating my collection.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Weight
702 g
Number of objects
1
Style
Antique
Country of origin
Austria
Material
Bronze
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
6 cm
Width
16.5 cm
Depth
10 cm
Estimated period
Early 20th Century
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