Our two-day premium auction features 782 stunning lots, many of museum quality, with 152 named provenances ranging from museum deaccessions to notable collectors, and from the intriguing to the illustrious. Among these are the last emperor of Vietnam, the personal physician of Puyi, the Commander of the German Marine for East Asia, the Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia, the Rockefeller and Rothschild families, Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini, the granddaughter of the Coca-Cola founder, noted artists Lindy Guinness, Lü Xiaguang and Zhou Shengli as well as historic dealerships Bluett, Spink, Rare Art, Vermeer & Griggs, Roger Keverne, Nicholas Grindley, Eileen Kershaw, Myrna Myers, Dr. Otto Burchard, only to name very few. On the first day of the auction, 409 lots will be offered, including Works of Art; Hardstones, Jades and Seals; Ceramics and Porcelain; and Snuff Bottles. The second day will see the remaining 373 lots fall under the hammer, including Bronzes and Sculptures; Organic Material and Furniture; Thangkas, Textiles and Paintings; and, last but not least, Buddhism and Hinduism.
Lot 716 - A KHMER BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, ANGKOR PERIOD
Sold for €3,034
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 717 - A KHMER BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU STANDING ON GARUDA, ANGKOR PERIOD
Sold for €8,848
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 718 - A SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA, MON-DVARAVATI PERIOD
Sold for €6,320
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 719 - A MON-DVARAVATI SANDSTONE HEAD OF A BUDDHIST DEVOTEE
Sold for €12,008
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 721 - A KHMER BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA MUCHALINDA, LATE ANGKOR PERIOD
Sold for €5,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 723 - A LARGE THAI BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, AYUTTHAYA KINGDOM
Sold for €5,056
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 724 - A THAI BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, AYUTTHAYA KINGDOM
Sold for €5,688
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 725 - A BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA, SUKHOTHAI KINGDOM, CHIEN SEN STYLE
Sold for €3,792
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 726 - A BRONZE BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, CHIENG RAI, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
Sold for €5,688
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 727 - A LARGE GILT BRONZE STATUE OF MAHAKATYAYANA, RATTANAKOSIN KINGDOM
Sold for €8,848
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 730 - A HEAVILY CAST, GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE OF BUDDHA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,781
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 731 - A JAMMU TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A FEMALE DEITY, 6TH-7TH CENTURY
Sold for €3,286
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 736 - A LARGE AND INSCRIBED JAIN WHITE MARBLE FRAGMENT, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
Sold for €7,584
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 737 - A LARGE INSCRIBED MAMLUK BRASS BASIN, 14TH – 16TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,275
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 738 - A MONUMENTAL GRANITE FIGURE OF SHIVA, CHOLA PERIOD
Sold for €15,168
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 740 - A MASSIVE INDIAN CARVED BLACK STONE VOTIVE STUPA WITH FOUR BUDDHAS, PALA PERIOD
Sold for €4,550
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 741 - AN INDIAN BLACK STONE STELE DEPICTING UMA-MAHESHVARA, PALA PERIOD
Sold for €8,848
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 742 - AN INDIAN WHITE MARBLE RELIEF OF UMA MAHESHVARA, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,528
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 744 - A JAIN COPPER- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE ALLOY ALTAR SHRINE
Sold for €2,781
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 745 - A JAIN BRONZE ALLOY ALTAR SHRINE, GUJARAT, 11TH - 12TH CENTURY
Sold for €5,056
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 746 - A BRONZE TRIAD OF VISHNU, SHRIDEVI AND BHUDEVI ON A GARUDA SHRINE, VIJAYANAGAR PERIOD
Sold for €8,848
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 747 - AN INDIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €3,539
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 748 - AN INDIAN STONE BRAHMANDA, ‘COSMIC EGG’, AND MATCHING BRONZE TRIPOD STAND
Sold for €16,432
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 749 - A HEAVY BLACK STONE HEAD OF AVALOKITESHVARA, PALA PERIOD
Sold for €5,688
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 751 - AN EROTIC CHANDRAKETUGARH VASE, 2ND-1ST CENTURY BC
Sold for €3,539
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 752 - AN INDIAN SANDSTONE STELE OF SURYA, MEDIEVAL PERIOD
Sold for €3,539
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 754 - A BLACK STONE STELE OF AVALOKITESHVARA PADMAPANI, PALA PERIOD
Sold for €3,792
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 757 - A RARE RED SANDSTONE FIGURE OF NAGARAJA, THE SERPENT KING, 9TH-10TH CENTURY
Sold for €20,224
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 760 - AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF A MUGHAL PRINCE AND HIS CONSORT
Sold for €1,201
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 761 - AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF KRISHNA AND RADHA
Sold for €1,643
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 763 - A PAIR OF INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS OF EXOTIC BIRDS
Sold for €632
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 766 - A JAIN ‘THE REGENTS OF THE TEN QUARTERS OF THE WORD’ WOOD PANEL
Sold for €1,896
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 767 - Ɏ A RARE IVORY-VENEERED CASKET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €4,803
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 768 - A FINE AND RARE CHAM SILVER HEAD OF SHIVA 罕見占銀濕婆頭像
Sold for €6,952
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 771 - A MASSIVE BRONZE RAIN DRUM, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Sold for €2,528
including Buyer's Premium