Day 1: Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism and Hinduism (lots 1-247) on Wednesday, 11 October 2023, starting at 11 AM CET - Print Catalog Available
Day 2: Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism and Hinduism (lots 248-436) on Thursday, 12 October 2023, starting at 1 PM CET - Catalog Online Only
Day 3: Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism and Hinduism (lots 437-741) on Friday, 13 October 2023, starting at 11 AM CET - Catalog Online Only
Join Zacke for a three-day live auction event featuring 741 works of art from countries as large as China, India, or Indonesia, from the Himalayan valleys and plateaus of Tibet, Nepal, Kashmir, and Pakistan, from the Southeast Asian peoples of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar, as well as from the steppes of Central Asia to the plains of Mongolia, and from the Northern Indian basin to the island of Sri Lanka.
A pinnacle event of our autumn calendar – the flagship auction – will take place on Day 1 of the sale (lots 1-247), featuring many important pieces from renowned collections, among them an Imperial Falangcai miniature vase (lot 102), the Ming Dynasty’s largest surviving Zitan figure (lot 187), and an Imperial robe made for the Empress Dowager Cixi (lot 201).
The general auction will follow on Day 2 (lots 248-436) and on Day 3 (lots 437-748), offering items for avid art collectors and first-time buyers alike.
Notable Collector’s Provenances include the Zande Lou Collection, built by J.M. Hu, one of the world’s greatest connoisseurs of Chinese ceramics; James J. Lally, New York, a preeminent scholar of Asian art; Dr. Wou Kiuan, diplomat and founder of the Wou Lien-Pai museum; Zhang Boju, China’s celebrated art collector who was also known as one of the ‘Four Young Princes’; as well as many prestigious names such as Anton Exner, Adolphe Stoclet, Adrian Maynard, Dr. Elsa Graser, Charles Oswald Lidell, George Hathaway Taber, the Chasseloup-Laubat Family, Madame Safia Sassi, John Marsing, Leonardo Vigorelli, American tattoo artist Ed Hardy, and Academy Award winners Michael Phillips and Anthony Powell.
Historic Gallery and Dealership Provenances include Spink & Son, Galerie Jacques Barrère, Michel Beurdeley, E&J Frankel, Hugh Moss, Clare Chu, the Bernheimer Collection, Bluett & Sons, John Sparks, Marsha Vargas, Robert Kleiner, S. Bernstein & Co, Cohen & Cohen, and Michael Goedhuis.
Museum Deaccessions include the Cranmore Ethnographical Museum, the Norton Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum, the Wou Lien-Pai, the Idemitsu, and the Zelnik István Asian Gold Museum.
Lot 1 - A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘DA JI’ WALL VASE, CHINA, 18th CENTURY 十八世紀掐絲琺瑯《大吉》葫蘆壁瓶
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 6 - A LARGE CINNABAR LACQUER ‘PHOENIX’ FLOWERPOT, MING DYNASTY 明代大型剔犀鳳鳥紋花盆
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 9 - Ɏ AN IVORY AND GOURD ‘SANYANG’ CRICKET CAGE, QING DYNASTY 清代三羊開泰象牙蛐蛐罐
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 10 - Ɏ AN IVORY PENDANT DEPICTING LI TIEGUAI AND KUI XING, MING DYNASTY 明代象牙雕鐵拐李與魁星佩飾
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 11 - Ɏ A ZITAN ‘MOUNTAIN’ BRUSH REST, LATE MING TO MID-QING DYNASTY 明末至清代中期紫檀四峰筆山
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 12 - A MONUMENTAL AND HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE LINGBI SCHOLAR’S ROCK, QING DYNASTY 清代靈璧石供石
Sold for €11,700
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 13 - A BAMBOO LIBATION CUP, CHINA, 17TH – EARLY 18TH CENTURY 十七至十八世紀初竹雕松紋角杯
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 14 - Ɏ A LARGE ZITAN ‘IMMORTALS’ BRUSH POT, BITONG, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY 十八世紀大型紫檀仙人筆筒
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 15 - A CARVED AND RETICULATED BAMBOO PARFUMIER, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY 十八世紀竹雕香筒
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 21 - A SMALL TRANSPARENT AMBER GLASS HEXAGONAL WASHER, JIAQING MARK AND PERIOD 嘉慶款及年代琥珀色料器六角口筆洗
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 29 - A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘SANYANG AND LINGZHI’ GROUP, QING DYNASTY 清代白玉三羊開泰
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 37 - A SPINACH-GREEN JADE GUI-FORM CENSER AND COVER, QIANLONG PERIOD 乾隆菠菜綠玉雕簋形蓋爐
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 39 - AN INSCRIBED AND TRANSLUCENT JADE ‘ORCHIDS’ BOWL, CHINA, 18th CENTURY 十八世紀詩文蘭草玉碗
Sold for €10,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 42 - A CELADON JADE CARVING OF A FINGER CITRON, CHINA, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY 十八至十九世紀青玉佛手
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 47 - A WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY 十八世紀白玉龍紋鼻煙壺
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 61 - A PAINTED POTTERY ‘ARCHER AND TIGER’ VASE, HU, HAN DYNASTY 漢代彩繪狩獵圖陶壺
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 62 - A PAINTED POTTERY ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ STAND, EASTERN HAN DYNASTY 東漢彩繪神獸俑
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 64 - A RARE IRON-SPLASHED ‘YUE’ FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT RAM, WESTERN JIN DYNASTY 西晉越窯青釉臥羊
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 65 - A COMPLETE SET OF ANTHROPOMORPHIC ZODIAC FIGURES, PAINTED POTTERY, TANG DYNASTY 唐代彩繪十二生肖陶俑
Sold for €11,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 68 - A LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED ‘ARCHER’ GUARDIAN FIGURE (LOKAPALA), TANG DYNASTY 唐代三彩護法立像
Sold for €14,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 74 - A CIZHOU POTTERY FIGURE OF A BOY WITH A DUCK, SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY 宋至元磁州彩繪童子像
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 75 - A SMALL QINGBAI CENSER AND COVER, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY 北宋青白小蓋爐
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 77 - A SLIP-INLAID CELADON-GLAZED STONEWARE OIL BOTTLE, GORYEO DYNASTY 高麗王朝青釉內嵌花卉炻器油瓶
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 82 - A LARGE ANNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL, VIETNAM, 14TH-15TH CENTURY 十四至十五世紀大型安南青花碗
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 83 - A PAIR OF SANCAI FIGURES OF PERSIAN AMBASSADORS, LATE MING DYNASTY 明末一對三彩波斯人俑
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 84 - AN EARLY FAHUA-GLAZED ‘LOTUS’ JAR, GUAN, WITH FOUR LION-MASK HANDLES, MING DYNASTY 明代琺華釉蓮花罐
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 88 - A DEHUA LOTUS-LEAF-FORM BRUSH WASHER, CHINA, 17TH CENTURY 十七世紀德化荷葉形筆洗
Sold for €10,400
including Buyer's Premium