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Description from the seller
Viennese Bronze circa 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 around the 1900s. The object shows a fully sculpted scene on a rectangular, richly patterned oriental carpet with a fringed border: A young woman lies resting on a padded divan.
As a special feature and quality mark, it is an so-called “unveiling bronze” (erotic bronze with mechanism/gag): The intricately chiseled bronze day-cover can be removed and reveals the view of the finely modeled, fully nude body of the sleeping woman.
Foundry & attribution
• Manufacturer / attribution: Franz Xaver Bergmann Foundry (Vienna)
• Marking: impressed foundry mark (teapot/vase with B-signature) on the underside of the carpet (strongly worn, digitally verifiably detected).
• Material: Bronze, patinated and chiseled
• Dating: ca. 1890–1910
Dimensions & weight
• Carpet pedestal: 16.5 cm × 10.0 cm
• Figure: approx. 10.0 cm in length
• Total weight: 702 g
Condition
Very good, authentic condition for its age with attractive original patina. The precisely fitting cover is present in full 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.
Viennese Bronze circa 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 around the 1900s. The object shows a fully sculpted scene on a rectangular, richly patterned oriental carpet with a fringed border: A young woman lies resting on a padded divan.
As a special feature and quality mark, it is an so-called “unveiling bronze” (erotic bronze with mechanism/gag): The intricately chiseled bronze day-cover can be removed and reveals the view of the finely modeled, fully nude body of the sleeping woman.
Foundry & attribution
• Manufacturer / attribution: Franz Xaver Bergmann Foundry (Vienna)
• Marking: impressed foundry mark (teapot/vase with B-signature) on the underside of the carpet (strongly worn, digitally verifiably detected).
• Material: Bronze, patinated and chiseled
• Dating: ca. 1890–1910
Dimensions & weight
• Carpet pedestal: 16.5 cm × 10.0 cm
• Figure: approx. 10.0 cm in length
• Total weight: 702 g
Condition
Very good, authentic condition for its age with attractive original patina. The precisely fitting cover is present in full 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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