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 408 - A PAIR OF JADE ‘SILKWORM’ PENDANTS, NEOLITHIC PERIOD
Sold for €455
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 410 - A TWO-TIERED MOTTLED JADE CONG, LIANGZHU CULTURE
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 412 - A RARE SMALL ARCHAIC CELADON JADE TUBULAR BEAD, LIANGZHU CULTURE
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 414 - A RARE YELLOW JADE CONG-FORM BEAD, LIANGZHU CULTURE
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 415 - A RARE SMALL ARCHAIC CELADON JADE THREE-TIERED CONG-FORM BEAD, LIANGZHU CULTURE
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 419 - A JADE SPLIT-BLADE CEREMONIAL AXE, NEOLITHIC PERIOD
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 424 - TWO YELLOW JADE ‘TAOTIE’ BEADS, SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Sold for €520
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 428 - A PALE CELADON JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANT, WARRING STATES PERIOD
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 429 - A PALE AND DARK GRAY JADE ‘DOUBLE-DRAGON’ PENDANT, WARRING STATES PERIOD
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 435 - A SET OF THREE INSCRIBED JADE RECTANGULAR BEADS, GANGMAO, EASTERN HAN DYNASTY
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 437 - A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘CAMEL’ PENDANT, TANG-SONG DYNASTY
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 439 - A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE OPENWORK ‘GOOSE’ PLAQUE, YUAN TO MING DYNASTY
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 442 - A PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A TIGER, MING DYNASTY
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 445 - A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'TWIN-CATFISH' PENDANT, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 446 - A PALE CELADON JADE ‘DOUBLE GOURD’ PENDANT, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 447 - A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'MELON AND BUTTERFLY' CARVING, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 448 - A YELLOW JADE ‘WATER CALTROPS’ PENDANT, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 450 - A CELADON JADE ‘MOUNTAIN’ BRUSH REST, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 452 - A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A BOY WITH GEESE, CHINA, c. 1750-1850
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 459 - A PALE CELADON JADE ‘BAMBOO’ BANGLE, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD
Sold for €390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 469 - A LAVENDER-BLUE AGATE ‘BATS ON A POUCH’ SNUFF BOTTLE, 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENUTRY
Sold for €390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 470 - A SUPERB DENDRITIC CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE, POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, 1740-1820
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 471 - A PINK TOURMALINE ‘BUDDHIST LION AND LINGZHI’ SNUFF BOTTLE, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 473 - A CARVED HAIR CRYSTAL ‘PINE TREE’ SNUFF BOTTLE, 1750-1880
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 476 - A LAPIS LAZULI ‘MAGPIES AND PINES’ BALUSTER SNUFF BOTTLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 477 - A YELLOW GLASS ‘BAJIXIANG’ SNUFF BOTTLE, 1750-1830
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 478 - AN EMERALD-GREEN BEIJING GLASS ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE, 1750-1820
Sold for €520
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 479 - A SANDWICHED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, 1720-1860
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 480 - A SANDWICHED SPECKLED AVENTURINE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, 1720-1860
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 481 - AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘RIVERSCAPE AT NIGHT’ SNUFF BOTTLE BY GUI XIANGGU, DATED 1895
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 482 - AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘FISHPOND’ SNUFF BOTTLE, BY ZHOU LEYUAN, DATED 1891
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 483 - A FINE ENAMELED WHITE GLASS ‘MAGNOLIA & PEONY’ SNUFF BOTTLE, REPUBLIC PERIOD
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 484 - A RARE SHAGREEN-VENEERED SNUFF BOTTLE, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 487 - A TWO-COLOR CINNABAR LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE, PROBABLY IMPERIAL, 1730-1800
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 491 - AN IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE, 1800-1860
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium