Imported Chinese snuff bottles, locally made wickerwork, an Indian round shield
before 1831 | Carl Alexander Anselm von Hügel
In the Viennese Biedermeier era, Carl Alexander von Hügel (1796–1870) is one of the few travellers who is able to leave Metternich’s surveillance state in order to become acquainted with foreign lands, people and cultures from his own perspective. In 1831, with a number of companions and at his own expense, he undertakes a six-year world tour of the Near and Far East, a journey which first takes him to Syria. He visits the ancient desert city of Palmyra, views the ruins of Roman temples in Baalbek, climbs the mountain range of Lebanon, and encamps in a grove of archaic cedars which, due to their size, have been known since biblical times as the Cedars of God. After surviving cholera, he journeys on by way of Palestine and Egypt to Aden. The objects of daily life which he brings home from this phase of his travels (imported Chinese snuff bottles, wickerwork, a round shield from North India or Muscat) constitute the core of the oriental collection.
In the Viennese Biedermeier era, Carl Alexander von Hügel (1796–1870) is one of the few travellers who is able to leave Metternich’s surveillance state in order to become acquainted with foreign lands, people and cultures from his own perspective. In 1831, with a number of companions and at his own expense, he undertakes a six-year world tour of the Near and Far East, a journey which first takes him to Syria. He visits the ancient desert city of Palmyra, views the ruins of Roman temples in Baalbek, climbs the mountain range of Lebanon, and encamps in a grove of archaic cedars which, due to their size, have been known since biblical times as the Cedars of God. After surviving cholera, he journeys on by way of Palestine and Egypt to Aden. The objects of daily life which he brings home from this phase of his travels (imported Chinese snuff bottles, wickerwork, a round shield from North India or Muscat) constitute the core of the oriental collection.
Collector:
Carl Alexander Anselm von Hügel (1796 Regensburg - 1870 Brüssel) DNB
Time:
before 1831
Entry Date:
1839
Object Name
Souvenirs from Yemen
Culture
Yemen, Mokka and Muqalla
Material/technology:
Snuff bottles: stoneware; wickerwork: strips of palm leaf, dragon’s blood; round shield: rhinoceros hide, leather, brass, lacquer
Dimensions:
Round shield: Dia. 23.7 cm
Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien
Collection area
North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia and Siberia
Geography
Westasien/Arabische Halbinsel/Jemen
Invs.
3467 und andere
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