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244 - Ottoman Empire, probably Palestine, late 17th or early 18th …
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Ottoman Empire, probably Palestine, late 17th or early 18th century Model of the Holy Sepulchre complex Wooden model with inlays of mother-of-pearl, bone and ivory, composed of movable and removable elements Exterior movable elements: four doors around the apse, one door on the northern façade; Interior movable elements: double doors; Removable elements: campanile, dome of the rotunda and its lantern, dome of the basilica (in two parts), Oriens roof, Meridies roof, Septentrio roof, zip and roof of the Calvary chapel, roof of the ambulatory, zip of the prison of Christ, roof of the chapel of the Apparition of the Virgin and two vertical zips. Bears the inscriptions "SEPTENTRIO", "MERIDIES", "OCCIDENS" and "ORIENS" around the dome of the basilica. Good condition. H. 26.5 x W. 36 x D. 43 cm; total weight: 2618 gr. Provenance : -Hôtel des Ventes de Bourg-en-Bresse, 3 June 1990 -Private collection The CITES certificate FR2606900320-K will be given to the buyer. Related literature - Angela DONATI, Dalla terra alle genti: la diffusione del cristianesimo nei primi secoli, cat. exhibition, Rimini, Palazzo dell'Arengo and Palazzo del Podestat, 31 March-01 September 1996, Milan, Electa, 1996, p. 331 ; - Bernard DEGOUT (ed.), Trésor du Saint-Sépulcre : présents des cours royales européennes à Jérusalem, cat. exp., Château de Versailles and Maison de Chateaubriand, Chatenay-Malabry, 16 April - 14 July 2013, Chatenay-Malabry, Milan, Maison de Chateaubriand, Silvana ed., 2013, pp. 347-349 ; - Émilie GIRARD, Felicita Tramontana, "La fabrication des objets de dévotion en Palestine, de l'époque moderne au début du XIXe siècle", in Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 183, 2018, pp. 247-260 ; - Jonathan WILLIAMS, Philip KEVIN, Caroline CARTWRIGHT, Jacob NORRIS, "Sacred souvenir: the Holy Sepulchre models in the British Museum Museum", in British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, vol. 8, London, Archetype Publications, 2014, pp. 29-38 ; - Ladan AKBARNIA, Venetia Porter, Fahmida Suleman, The Islamic world: a history in objects, London, Thames & Hudson, The British Museum, 2018, pp. 64-65; - Lenz Kriss-Rettenbeck, Gerda Möhler, Wallfahrt Kennt Keine Grenzen: Themen Zu iner Ausstellung Des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums Und Des Adalbert Stifter Vereins, München, cat. exp. Munich, Bayerische Nationalmuseum, 28 June-7 October 1984, Munich, Zurich, Schnell & Steiner, 1984, pp. 64-69; - Maximien DURAND, L'oeuvre en scène : La maquette du complexe du Saint-Sépulcre de Jérusalem, lecture, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Auditorium Michel-Laclotte, 2024; - Michele PICCIRILLO, La nuova Gerusalemme. Artigianato palestinese al servizio dei luoghi santi-, Jerusalem, Edizioni Custodia di Terra Santa, 2007; - Renate EIKELMANN (ed.), Bayerisches Nationalmuseum: Handbuch der kunst- und kul-turgeschichtlichen Sammlungen, Munich, Hirmer Verlag, 2000, p. 319 ; - Suraiya FAROQHI, Artisans of Empire: Crafts and Craftspeople under the Ottomans, London, I. B. Tauris, 2009. Related works : - Bethlehem, Model of the Holy Sepulchre complex, 2nd half 17th century, wood, mother-of-pearl and ivory,H. 22.5 x W. 41 x D. 36 cm, Lens, Musée du Louvre-Lens, inv. RFML.ABCO.2022.28.1.0 ; - Jerusalem, Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 17th century, wood, mother-of-pearl and ivory, H. 26.4 x W. 44.4 x D. 38 cm, Marseille, MuCEM, inv. 2010.7.1 ; - Bethlehem, Palestine, Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, 17th century - 18th century, wood, mother-of-pearl and ivory, H. 49 x W. 56 x D. 35 cm, London, Museum of Fine Arts, inv. D.35 cm, London, Museum of the Order of St John, inv. 3035 ; - Bethlehem, Jordan, Lebanon, Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, before 1753, wood and mother-of-pearl, H. 23 x W. 42 x D. 36.5 cm, London, British Museum, inv. OA.10338 ; - Jerusalem or Bethlehem, Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, between 1600 and 1800, wood, bone and mother-of-pearl, H. 24 x W. 37,2 x D. 46,3 cm, Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, inv. L Modell 9 ; - The Franciscan Order in Jerusalem, Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, 1684, wood, ivory and mother-of-pearl, H. 25 x W. 42.2 x D. 37 cm, Turnhout, Beguinage Museum, inv. B0064.1-4 ; - Jerusalem or Jaffa, Miniature of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, second half of the 17th century, H. 20 x W. 30 x D. 39 cm, Lisbon, Paço Ducal e Castelo de Vila Viçosa, inv. PDVV-1485 ; - Jerusalem, Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, circa 1650, wood, mother-of-pearl and ivory, H. 21 x W. 34 cm, Istra, Monastery of the New Jerusalem, inv. New Jerusalem Monastery, inv. KP4265U13 ; - Model of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, mid-17th century, mother-of-pearl, H. 76 x W. 62 x D. 42 cm, Vienna, Geistliche Schatzkammer, inv. Kap. 332 ; - Model of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, circa 1706-1750, wood, mother-of-pearl and bone, W. 42 x D. 36 cm, La Vallette, Soeurs hiérosolymitaines de Sainte-Ursule, inv. s. n. Made of wood, mother-of-pearl, bone and ivory, this model of the Holy Sepulchre complex is a rare example of the handicrafts produced in Palestine between the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A meticulous assembly of several pieces of wood, the structure of our model is inlaid with mother-of-pearl elements whose iridescent reflections are enhanced by the black bracket that secures them. The entire basilica is adorned with a semi-square pattern punctuated by a rich repertoire of geometric motifs including rosettes, star-shaped medallions, radiating motifs and friezes of lozenges alternating with tongues. To highlight the details, certain elements of the building are made of dark wood, bone or ivory. Thanks to an ingenious system of movable and removable elements, the interior of the building reveals an equally refined décor of mother-of-pearl inlays and carved details in dark wood, ivory and bone. [ATTENTION truncated card - Full description in catalogue (photos 7-10)]
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 10:30 AM
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