Live Auction
16-17 April 2026 at 11 AM CET
Day 1: Lots 1-277 (Print Catalog) | Day 2: Lots 278-692 (Online Catalog)
Galerie Zacke is honored to present a major two-day live auction event, featuring 692 works of art from China, India, Southeast Asia, and beyond.
The highlight is our flagship live auction on Day 1 (lots 1-277), showcasing masterpieces of exceptional rarity and provenance. Among them are a monumental and unique gilt-copper head of Buddha, Tibet, 14th century, from the personal collection of Ulrich von Schroeder; an absolutely perfect green-glazed ‘dragon’ bowl, Kangxi mark and period, from the collection of J. J. Lally; one of the largest ever found jade disks, bi, Qijia culture, 74 cm diameter, authenticated by Dr. Gu Fang, collection of Lord Anthony Jacobs, London; a monumental and highly important Sichuan pottery horse, Han dynasty, at a staggering height of 156 cm and a diagonal of over 200 cm, the largest ever recorded from this group, from the Weisbrod collection and TL tested by Oxford Authentication; and the monumental and highly important ‘Kienzle’ stucco statue of Buddha, Gandhara, circa 3rd–5th century, the largest recorded example of its type, rescued during the Taliban advance in 1994.
Day 2 (lots 278-692) continues with our general auction, offering seasoned collectors and new bidders alike an opportunity to enhance their collections. Learn more.
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8 - 15 April 2026
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AUCTION OVERVIEW LOTS
Lot 49 - A PAIR OF IMPERIAL SILK EMBROIDERED YELLOW-GROUND ‘DRAGON’ PANELS, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 50 - AN EXTREMELY WELL-PRESERVED ‘PHOENIX’ KESI SILK HANGING, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 52 - YUN SHOUPING (1633-1690): ‘ROOSTER AND IRIS’, DATED 1689
Lot 53 - ZHU DA (BADA SHANREN, 1626-1705): ‘BIRD ON A ROCK’, DATED 1694
Lot 54 - A FINE PAINTING OF AN ECLECTUS PARROT ON A BAMBOO SHOOT, QIANLONG PERIOD
Lot 55 - A FINELY CARVED AND POLISHED WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA, NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY
Lot 57 - A FINE WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, NORTHERN QI DYNASTY
Lot 61 - AN IMPORTANT AND RARE WHITE MARBLE TORSO OF BUDDHA MAITREYA, TANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 690-700 AD
Lot 62 - † A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE BLACK STONE FIGURE OF A LION, TANG DYNASTY
Lot 63 - AN EXCEPTIONAL PUDDINGSTONE FIGURE OF A LION, TANG DYNASTY
Lot 64 - A POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A BIXIE, SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD
Lot 65 - A GLASS-INLAID AND LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI AS AN ASCETIC, YUAN DYNASTY
Lot 69 - A LARGE POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF BODHIDHARMA AFTER HIS RESURRECTION, EARLY MING DYNASTY
Lot 71 - A RARE GILT-BRONZE BUDDHIST ALTAR PRICKET CANDLESTICK, ZHUTAI, 15TH CENTURY
Lot 72 - A RARE GILT-LACQUERED CLAY FIGURE OF BUDDHA VAIROCANA, MING DYNASTY
Lot 73 - A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA, BHAISHAJYAGURU, MING DYNASTY
Lot 74 - † A RARE GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, MING DYNASTY
Lot 77 - † A GILT BRONZE ‘LION’ WEIGHT WITH A MATCHING ZITAN BASE, CHINA, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Lot 78 - A VERY RARE GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VARUNA, QIANLONG PERIOD
Lot 80 - A RARE UDAYANA-STYLE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 81 - A RARE ‘TIGER’ BONE HILT, LATE SHANG DYNASTY
Lot 83 - A RARE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, YOU, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC
Lot 84 - A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE BELL, BO ZHONG, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD
Lot 91 - A SUPERB GARLIC-HEAD BRONZE VASE, SUANTOUHU, HAN DYNASTY
Lot 93 - A SMALL RELIEF-DECORATED BRONZE WINE VESSEL, BIANHU, HAN DYNASTY
Lot 94 - A PARCEL-GILT AND INCISED BRONZE BELL, NIUZHONG, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
Lot 95 - A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED DRAGON, JIN DYNASTY
Lot 96 - A TURQUOISE-INLAID GOLD AND BRONZE ‘TIGER’ PLAQUE, WARRING STATES PERIOD
Lots 100-105
Lots 112-134
Lots 180-191
Lots 251-262
Lots
266-274
Lots 275-276
Lot 277
Friday,
17 April
11 am CET
Tibet &
Nepal
Sculptures,
Thangkas &
Buddhist Art
Lots
278-344
Lots 40-54
Lots
444-456
Lots
457-528
Lots
529-558
Lots 559-577
Lots 578-611
Lots
631-689