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 670 - A PAIR OF CARVED WOOD TEMPLE STRUTS (VIGRAHA) DEPICTING SHIVA AND PARVATI 一對寺廟木柱,濕婆與雪山神女
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 671 - AN IRON AND GILT COPPER ALLOY VAJRAKILA PHURBU, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY 西藏十八世紀鎏金合金銅普爾巴金剛鐝
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 673 - A GILT COPPER REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF TARA, NEPAL, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 尼泊爾十八至十九世紀銅鎏金錘鍱度母坐蓮像
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 675 - A LARGE PINK MARBLE HEAD OF GUANYIN, QING DYNASTY 清代大理石觀音頭像
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 676 - A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, SHISOU MARK, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY 十九世紀銅錯銀觀音,石叟款
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 682 - A LARGE AND HEAVY BRONZE RAIN DRUM, DONG SON CULTURE
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 686 - A GILT DRY LACQUER FIGURE OF BUDDHA, VIETNAM, 17TH-18TH CENTURY 越南十七至十八世紀鎏金乾漆佛像
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 687 - A BRONZE DEATH MASK, GOA MADE, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA, 1ST MILLENNIUM BC - 1ST MILLENNIUM AD
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 689 - A GOLD REPOUSSÉ OIL LAMP, KAMANDALU, JAVA, INDONESIA, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
Sold for €26,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 690 - A CARVED BONE KRIS HILT IN THE FORM OF A FEMALE DEMON, INDONESIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 691 - A CARVED BONE KRIS HILT IN THE FORM OF A MALE DEMON, INDONESIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 693 - AN ARAKAN STYLE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA RATNASAMBHAVA, BURMA, 16TH - 17TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 694 - A MONUMENTAL GILT DRY LACQUER HEAD OF BUDDHA, AVA STYLE, BURMA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 698 - A SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, MON-DVARAVATI PERIOD
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 701 - A GRAY SANDSTONE TORSO OF A MALE DEITY, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAPHUON STYLE
Sold for €4,680
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 702 - A BROWN-GLAZED STONEWARE JAR WITH A HUMAN FACE, ANGKOR PERIOD
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 704 - A SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAYON STYLE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 706 - A BRONZE FIGURE OF A DANCING HEVAJRA, BAYON STYLE, ANGKOR PERIOD
Sold for €26,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 709 - A SANDSTONE BUST OF A DEMON, ASURA, ANGKOR PERIOD
Sold for €4,420
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 710 - A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF THE STANDING BUDDHA, AYUTTHAYA KINGDOM (1351-1767)
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 711 - A BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA, LAOS, 16th-17th CENTURY
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 714 - A PARCEL-GILT SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, KUSHAN PERIOD 貴霜時期局部鎏金片岩釋迦牟尼頭像
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 715 - A LURISTAN BRONZE AXE-HEAD, LAST QUARTER OF 2ND TO EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM BC
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 716 - A LARGE LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD, LATE 2ND TO EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM BC
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 717 - A LURISTAN ‘MASTER OF ANIMALS’ BRONZE STANDARD FINIAL, IRAN, CIRCA 1000-650 BC
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 718 - A PINK SANDSTONE HEAD OF A YAKSHI, MATHURA, KUSHAN PERIOD
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 719 - A MINIATURE SANDSTONE STUPA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, MEDIEVAL PERIOD, 7TH - 8TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 722 - A SANDSTONE STELE DEPICTING LAKSHMI, ELEPHANTS AND LIONS, CENTRAL INDIA, 10TH-12TH CENTURY
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 723 - A PINK SANDSTONE HEAD OF VISHNU, INDIA, RAJASTHAN OR MADHYA PRADESH, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 724 - A SANDSTONE STELE OF AMBIKA, INDIA, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 728 - AN ELABORATE KERALA BRONZE FIGURE OF A FEMALE DEITY, POSSIBLY KALI
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 729 - A CARVED WOOD ‘YALI’ BRACKET, SOUTH INDIA, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 730 - A BRASS FIGURE OF DURGA MAHISHASURAMARDINI, INDIA, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 732 - A BRONZE STATUE OF VISHNU HOLDING THE INFANT BRAHMA ON A SHRINE, NAYAK PERIOD
Sold for €3,136
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 733 - A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF DANCING KRISHNA, SOUTH INDIA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 734 - A JAIN MANDALA, GUJARAT, WESTERN INDIA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 737 - A LARGE BRONZE STATUE OF VALLI, SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, 18th -19th CENTURY
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium