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 96 - A LANGYAO CONICAL BOWL, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) 康熙郎窯斗笠盞
Sold for €12,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 101 - A PAIR OF LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASES, GU, KANGXI PERIOD 康熙一對青花開光花卉紋花觚
Sold for €8,450
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 105 - A SUPERB LANGYAO BOTTLE VASE, CHANGJINGPING, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY 十八世紀郎窯長頸瓶
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 106 - A WHITE-GLAZED PORCELAIN WATER DROPPER, JOSEON DYNASTY 朝鮮王朝白釉硯滴
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 107 - A COPPER-RED-DECORATED SOLIFLORE VASE, JOSEON DYNASTY 朝鮮王朝釉裏紅花卉紋瓶
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 108 - A GE-TYPE ‘KINUTA’ VASE, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY 十八世紀仿哥釉瓶
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 109 - A RARE CELADON-GLAZED TEAPOT, YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD 雍正款及年代青釉茶壺
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 110 - A RU-TYPE MALLET VASE, YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD 雍正款及年代仿汝釉雙耳瓶
Sold for €23,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 123 - A GILT ENAMELED WATER POT, PINGGUOZUN, YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD 雍正款與年代鎏金琺瑯蘋果尊
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 131 - A CELADON-GLAZED LOTUS POD-FORM BOX AND COVER, QING DYNASTY 清代青釉蓮花紋蓋盒
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 140 - A YIXING ‘TROMPE L’OEIL’ FIGURE OF A TAPIR, QING DYNASTY 清代宜興陶貘
Sold for €1,344
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 144 - A PAIR OF SILVER- AND GOLD-INLAID BRONZE ‘TIGER’ WEIGHTS, HAN DYNASTY 漢代一對錯金銀伏虎銅鎮
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 157 - A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TRIPOD JAR AND COVER, TANG DYNASTY 唐鏨銀鎏金三足圓蓋罐
Sold for €11,700
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 158 - A LARGE AND FINE SILVER LADLE, TANG DYNASTY 唐代鏨花銀勺
Sold for €20,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 159 - A RARE GOLD REPOUSSÉ MELON-FORM JAR AND COVER, TANG DYNASTY 唐代錘鍱瓜棱形金罐
Sold for €16,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 163 - A GILT BRONZE LION-FORM WEIGHT, LATE MING DYNASTY 明末銅鎏金獅形鎮紙
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 164 - A LARGE BRONZE ‘QILIN’ CENSER, YUAN TO MING DYNASTY 元至明大型麒麟式香薰
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 167 - A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, CHINA, 550-577 550-577年北齊漢白玉佛像
Sold for €16,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 168 - A MONUMENTAL HEAD OF VAIROCANA, THE PRIMORDIAL BUDDHA, CIRCA 500-800 AD 五至八世紀毘盧遮那佛頭像
Sold for €31,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 170 - AN INSCRIBED BUDDHIST LIMESTONE STELE, TANG DYNASTY 唐代石灰石佛碑
Sold for €28,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 171 - † A LIMESTONE TORSO OF A BODHISATTVA, TANG DYNASTY 唐代石灰石菩薩殘軀
Sold for €42,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 172 - A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, LIAO DYNASTY, CHINA, 907-1125 遼代銅鎏金觀音坐蓮像
Sold for €10,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 178 - A STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHA, YUAN TO MING DYNASTY 元至明灰泥佛頭
Sold for €15,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 182 - A COPPER-INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF DEVI, NEPAL, 10TH-11TH CENTURY 尼泊爾十至十一世紀鎏金鑲銅提毗像
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 183 - A LIMESTONE STELE OF VISHNU, LATE MALLA, THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD 馬拉王朝末期三國時代石灰石毗濕奴碑
Sold for €4,420
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 184 - A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, TIBET, 15th-16th CENTURY 十五至十六世紀西藏銅鎏金無量壽佛坐蓮像
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium