Friday, 28 June, starting at 11 AM CET
Galerie Zacke’s seasonal Fine Asian Art auction presents a special selection of art from across the region, with an emphasis on religious sculpture. Among the leading lots are a Northern Qi limestone Buddha (lot 53), a thangka of the Seventeen-Deity Tara mandala (lot 29), and an archaistic bronze jue (lot 91). This is an excellent opportunity to enrich your collection during a quieter time in the global auction calendar.
Distinguished Provenances
Many of the pieces in the sale boast remarkable and meticulously documented provenances, including Phillip Allen, who was a widely respected collector and expert of Chinese ceramics and works of art as well as a director of the Oriental Ceramic Society for many years; Dr. Wou Kiuan, diplomat and founder of the Wou Lien-Pai Museum; Norman Blount, co-founder of the Indian Society of Oriental Art; Dr. Isidore Cohn; John “Moke” Mokotoff; S. Marchant & Son; Leonardo Vigorelli; and the Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum.
Lot 79 - AN OVAL BRONZE ‘CHILONG’ CENSER, YUAN TO MING DYNASTY
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 80 - A PAIR OF BRONZE CYMBALS, BO, XUANDE MARK AND PERIOD, DATED 1431
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 81 - A SMALL BRONZE ‘CHILONG’ CENSER, SHUIXIAN PEN, MING DYNASTY
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 82 - A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT ‘LONGEVITY’ RAM, MING DYNASTY
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 84 - A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A XINIU, MING DYNASTY
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 86 - A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BOMBÉ CENSER, CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €4,940
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 96 - A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE ‘DOUBLE PEACH’ TRAY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 102 - Ɏ A LARGE IVORY ‘HUNDRED BOYS’ VASE AND COVER, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 104 - A BOXWOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN, TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 105 - Ɏ AN IMPERIAL SPINACH JADE INSET ZITAN ‘DRAGON’ TRAY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 106 - Ɏ A HUANGHUALI WEIQI BOX AND COVER, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 109 - Ɏ A NINGBO STYLE HUALI AND CYPRESS SQUARE LOW TABLE, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 114 - A HUALI WOOD ‘OFFICIAL’S HAT’ ARMCHAIR, GUANMAOYI, 1900s
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 119 - A HUALI WOOD SQUARE-CORNER CABINET, FANGJIAOGUI, 1900s
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 120 - A RARE CARVED ARCHAISTIC ‘KUILONG’ TURQUOISE GLASS VASE, MID-QING DYNASTY
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 121 - AN OPAQUE TURQUOISE GLASS BOTTLE VASE, DAOGUANG MARK AND PERIOD
Sold for €585
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 123 - A RARE TRANSLUCENT BANDED AGATE BOWL, 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 125 - A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE LINGBI SCHOLAR’S ROCK, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 126 - A ‘BURSTING CLOUDS’ SCHOLAR’S ROCK, GONGSHI, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIOD
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 127 - A RARE NEOLITHIC CARNELIAN ‘MASK’ BEAD, LIANGZHU CULTURE
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 134 - A VERY LARGE MOTTLED GRAY JADE DISC, BI, LIANGZHU CULTURE
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 137 - A GROUP OF TWO JADE CONG-FORM BEADS, LIANGZHU CULTURE
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 139 - A MOTTLED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE DISK, BI, QIJIA CULTURE
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 142 - AN ARCHAIC PLAIN JADE CONG, LATE SHANG TO EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Sold for €455
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 145 - A GROUP OF TWO ARCHAIC JADE BEADS, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Sold for €585
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 147 - A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON’ SILHOUETTE PENDANT, WARRING STATES PERIOD
Sold for €520
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 148 - A THREE-PART JADE DISK, BI, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 154 - A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, HUANG, LATE EASTERN ZHOU PERIOD, 770-256 BC
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 157 - A GRAY AND BROWN JADE BI DISK, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 159 - A SUPERB AND RARE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 164 - AN ARCHAISTIC GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘CHILONG WITH LINGZHI’ BI DISK, MING DYNASTY
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 165 - A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A PHOENIX, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 166 - A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A DOG, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 167 - A MASSIVE SPINACH GREEN JADE MODEL OF A RECUMBENT RAM, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €585
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 168 - A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST WITH LINGZHI AND BAT, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 170 - A RETICULATED WHITE JADE RUYI IN THE FORM OF A LINGZHI WITH BATS, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 171 - A PAIR OF PALE LAVENDER AND APPLE-GREEN JADEITE BOWLS, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 172 - A WHITE JADE RETICULATED POUCH-FORM POMANDER, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €1,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 173 - AN OPENWORK PALE CELADON JADE ‘CHILONG’ WATER POT AND COVER, QING DYNASTY
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 175 - A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘CHILONG AND YOUNG WITH LINGZHI’ BI DISK, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €455
including Buyer's Premium