Day 1: Flagship Live Auction (lots 1-279) on Thursday, 11 April 2024, starting at 11 AM CET - Print Catalog Available
Day 2: Live Auction Online Catalog (lots 280-648) on Friday, 12 April 2024, starting at 11 AM CET - Catalog Online Only
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Join Galerie Zacke for a two-day live auction event featuring 648 works of art from China, Southeast Asia, India, and beyond.
The highlight of our spring calendar – the flagship auction – will take place on Day 1 of the sale (lots 1-279), featuring many important pieces from renowned collections, among them a monumental sandstone statue of Vishnu from the Angkor period (lot 183), a rare 16th-century thangka of the seventeen-deity Tara Mandala (lot 22), and an important Song-dynasty Dingyao figure of Shoulao (lot 142).
The general auction will follow on Day 2 (lots 280-648) offering items for avid art collectors and first-time buyers alike.
Notable Collector’s Provenances include the fifth Prince Ding, Zai Quan, one of the Qianlong Emperor’s great-grandsons; Queen Maria of Yugoslavia; George Eumorfopoulos, co-founder and first president of the Oriental Ceramic Society; Dr. Wou Kiuan, diplomat and founder of the Wou Lien-Pai museum; Paul-Émile Naggiar, Ambassador of France to China from 1936 to 1938; as well as many prestigious names such as Sir Joseph Hotung, Dr. Isidore Cohn, Alan and Simone Hartman, Mary McFadden, the Chasseloup-Laubat Family, Kono Shuson, John “Moke” Mokotoff, Lionel and Danielle Fournier, and Academy Award winner Michael Phillips.
Historic Gallery and Dealership Provenances include Heather James Fine Art and Antiquities, S. Marchant & Son, Spink & Son, R&G McPherson, Sam Bernstein, Simon Ray, Jules Speelman, the Kapoor Galleries, Laurent Wannieck, Leonardo Vigorelli, and Clare Chu.
Museum Deaccessions include the Wou Lien-Pai Museum, the Speed Art Museum, the Woodmere Art Museum, the Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum, and the Tibethaus Kulturstiftung.
Lot 331 - A FINE BRONZE ‘PRUNUS’ VASE, LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTY
Sold for €455
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 332 - A BRONZE ‘CHILONG’ VASE, LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTY
Sold for €390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 333 - A SMALL BRONZE ‘BAMBOO’ TRIPOD CENSER, EARLY QING DYNASTY
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 334 - A SMALL AND RARE BRONZE CENSER, CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 335 - AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL, FANGDING, LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTY
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 336 - A MASSIVE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE, LEI, EARLY TO MID-QING DYNASTY
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 337 - A BRONZE ARCHAISTIC ‘TAOTIE’ VASE, HU, EARLY QING DYNASTY
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 339 - A PAIR OF ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASES, FANGGU, EARLY QING DYNASTY
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 340 - AN INSCRIBED ARCHAISTIC BRONZE CENSER, GUI, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,540
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 342 - A BRONZE ‘DRAGONS AND PHOENIXES’ VASE, HU, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 344 - A LARGE BRONZE ‘BUDDHIST LION’ CENSER AND COVER, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 345 - A SMALL BRONZE SEAL DEPICTING A BUDDHIST LION, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €260
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 346 - A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘CHILONG’ VASE, YUHUCHUNPING, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 351 - A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘DRAGONS’ VASE, HU, MING DYNASTY
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 352 - A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘ELEPHANT’ TRIPOD BRAZIER AND COVER, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 353 - A CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL ‘BUDDHA’S HAND’ RUYI SCEPTER, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 358 - A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ BOXES AND COVERS, FIRST HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 362 - AN ENAMELED FAMILLE ROSE ‘LOTUS’ JAR, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 363 - A CANTON ENAMEL AND GILT-COPPER ‘PEACH’ BRUSHWASHER, 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 366 - A PAIR OF CARVED RED-OVERLAY YELLOW GLASS BOTTLE VASES, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 368 - AN AMBER-GLASS COURT NECKLACE, CHAOZHU, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €455
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 370 - A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘BUDAI AND BOYS’ BOX AND COVER, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 371 - A CARVED TIXI ‘SWORD AND POMMEL’ BOX AND COVER, MING DYNASTY
Sold for €455
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 372 - A PAIR OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOWLS, KANGXI PERIOD
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 376 - Ɏ A RARE CARNELIAN-EMBELLISHED ZITAN RUYI SCEPTER, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 377 - A LARGE HONGMU ‘DRAGON’ TABLE SCREEN AND STAND, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 378 - Ɏ A HUANGHUALI TABLE CABINET, GUANGPIXIANG, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 380 - Ɏ AN IVORY ‘BIRD CAGE’ SEAL, LATE 17TH TO 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 381 - Ɏ A MANCHU KNIFE WITH MATCHING ZITAN SHEATH, CHINA, 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 387 - A PAIR OF PITH PAINTINGS DEPICTING ANTIQUE TREASURES
Sold for €325
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 390 - A BUDDHIST ‘WATER-LAND RITUAL’ VOTIVE PAINTING DEPICTING BUDDHA AMITABHA
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 391 - ‘RAT AND PEACHES’, BY QI BAISHI (1863-1957) OR FOLLOWER
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 393 - A SILK GOLD AND BLUE-GROUND ‘NINE DRAGONS’ ROBE, JIFU, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 394 - A BROWN SILK DAMASK AND EMBROIDERED INFORMAL LADY’S ROBE, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 395 - AN AKKADIAN ROCK CRYSTAL CYLINDER SEAL, CIRCA 2334-2154 BC
Sold for €455
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 397 - A BALTIC AMBER MINIATURE VESSEL, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 398 - A SMALL OVAL AGATE BOWL, KANGXI-YONGZHENG PERIOD
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 401 - AN AGATE ‘LOTUS AND BATS’ PENDANT, 19TH TO MID-20TH CENTURY
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 404 - A RARE YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘HUMANOID FIGURE’ PENDANT, HONGSHAN CULTURE
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 407 - A GROUP OF FIVE JADE AWL-SHAPED PENDANTS, NEOLITHIC PERIOD
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium