Live Auction
21 November 2025 at 1 PM CET
AUCTION OVERVIEW LOTS
Austria has long maintained a remarkable connection with Egypt. As early as the imperial and royal monarchy, Vienna cultivated close ties with Cairo—diplomatic, scholarly, and museological. The Habsburgs sent envoys and researchers to the Nile, and in the 19th century, the Kunsthistorisches Museum became home to one of Europe’s most important Egyptian and Oriental collections.
This fascination with ancient Egypt reflected a broader cultural conviction: not merely to admire the great civilizations of the world, but to understand and preserve them. In that same spirit, our present exhibition continues this Austrian tradition—building a bridge between the country’s collecting culture and the ancient foundations of the Mediterranean world.
Many of the works presented in this auction come from distinguished provenances and historic collections, including the Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins on the French Riviera, the Saoud bin Mohammed Al-Thani Foundation, the Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum, and numerous legendary private collectors and dealers such as Charles Ede, Rupert Wace, John Eskenazi, Fayez Barakat, and Sam & Myrna Myers. Each piece carries its own story—from royal tombs and Roman villas to the European salons that once echoed with the presence of these remarkable objects.
We live in a time when global power structures are once again shifting. Perhaps now is the right moment to reflect on the great cultures of antiquity—the empires and belief systems that shaped the foundations of our civilization. Whether the Roman Empire or the Greek city-states, Carthage or the Kingdom of Saba, ancient Babylon, the Parthians or the Achaemenids, the Kushan Empire, the Ptolemaic rulers, Alexander the Great or Agamemnon—all have defined the course of history. And in the faces of Juno, Hermanubis, Horus, and Isis, their legacy still endures.
With this auction, we honor the creations of these ancient worlds—testimonies to human greatness, artistic refinement, and cultural depth. They have been here for millennia before us, and most likely, they will still be here when we ourselves are long forgotten.
| Museum Deaccessions Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, France The Saoud bin Mohammed Al-Thani Foundation, Paris, France The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum, Budapest, Hungary Historic Gallery and Dealership Provenances Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, USA Ancient Objects, Rhode Island, USA Ariadne Galleries, New York, USA and London, UK Arteas Ltd., Paris and London Art Treasure Gallery, Hong Kong |
Aton Gallery, Oberhausen, Germany Bigler Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland C. J. Martin Ltd., London, UK Charles Ede Ltd., London, UK David Aaron Ancient Arts, London, UK E. & J. Frankel, New York, USA Galerie du Sycomore, Paris, France Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, Germany Galerie Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, Switzerland Galerie Robert Hecht Jr., Paris, France Hagop Ohan Simonian, Paris, France Howard S. Rose Gallery, New York, USA Ilunga Gallery, Ghent, Belgium |
John Eskenazi, London, UK Kojiro Ishiguro, Tokyo, Japan Kunsthandel Barbara Faehte, Berlin, Germany La Reine Margot, Paris, France Le Père & Associates, New York, USA Nicholas Wright, London, UK Oliver Forge & Brendan Lynch Ltd., London and New York Robert Haber, New York, USA Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, UK Sakae Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Superior Galleries, Los Angeles, USA Sycomore Ancient Art, Geneva, Switzerland Vallin Galleries, Wilton, Connecticut, USA Joseph Uzan, Galerie Samarcande, Paris, France Continued below |
| Private Estates and Collection Provenances A. E. Barbara, Kent, UK A. Morlet, Brussels, Belgium Agnes Barclay, UK Antoinette Downing (1904–2001), Providence, USA Arthur Stone Dewing, Mary and Lloyd Morain, Boston, USA Ben Mankowitz, UK C. Graçay, France C. M. Ward, London, UK Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York, USA Charles Gillot (1853–1903), Paris, France Christian Levett (b. 1970), France Cindy Elden, New York, USA Colette Lehmann, France Colin MacFadyen, UK Darwin Freeman, USA Donald Vollen, Basel, Switzerland A. Binkert, Basel, Switzerland Georg Thaler-Szulyovszky, Vienna, Austria Hans Waldmann-Stettler (1906–1989) and Hans-Rudolf Ehrbar-Waldmann (1943–2024), Switzerland Hernan D. Ruf, Pompano Beach, USA |
Klaus Marquardt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany P. G. Giacometti, Switzerland William Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA E. Leu, Zurich, Switzerland Émile Baraize (1874–1952), France Erika Krautkrämer (1932–2022), Germany Fayez Barakat (b. 1949), UK François Antonovich (1934–2023), France Françoise and Claude Bourelier, France Ganna Walska (1887–1984), France Guy Weill Goudchaux (1914–2006), France Jean Delacroix, Chatou, France Jerome M. Eisenberg (1930–2022), New York, USA Leonardo Vigorelli, Bergamo, Italy Leo and Blanche Manso, New York, USA Alistair McAlpine (1942–2012), West Green, UK M. Rosenberg, France MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, USA Maria Mooers, Texas, USA Michael Peter Staniforth (1942–1987), UK Michael Phillips (b. 1943), UK Miteva Collection, London, UK Sergeant, Ghent, Belgium Nicolas Koutoulakis, France Norbert Choucroun (1925–1996), Houston, USA Norbert Schimmel (1905–1990), New York, USA Oliver Reginald Hoare (1945–2018), UK Peter Kohut (b. 1968), Germany Peter Weiß, Germany |
Phocian Jean Tano (1898–1972), Cairo, Egypt Philip Martin Pearlstein (1924–2022), USA Phillip Najmann, France Philippe Stoll (1926–2009), Strasbourg, France Wallace N. Stearns, USA Josef Mairitsch (1938–1994), Austria Klaus Müller, Germany Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France W. A. Pickersgill, Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment, UK Takahashi Seigo, Japan Bonita L. Cobb Collection, Florida, USA Chevallier-Verel Collection, Paris, France — Victor Emile Gabriel Chevallier (1889–1969) and Marguerite Jeanne Verel (1887–1962) Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection, USA Kienzle Family Collection, Stuttgart, Germany Kuizenga Collection, Netherlands Manoukian Collection, France Meyer Collection, London, UK Mustaki Collection, Alexandria, Egypt and London, UK Phillips Family Collection, Lawrence and Shirley Phillips, USA Poupouti Collection, Michèle and Jean Yoyotte, France Resandro Collection, Europe Richard Brilliant Collection, New York, USA Zakaria Collection, Los Angeles, USA Theodor “Teddy” (1933–2012) and Gisela Hahn, Germany W. Arnold Meijer, Netherlands Will L. McLendon (1925–2025), Houston, USA Wolfgang Müller-Feldman, Germany |
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