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 267 - A VERY RARE BRONZE NETSUKE OF A TEMPLE BELL, BONSHO
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 269 - A RARE TERRACOTTA RELIEF DEPICTING AN ASURA, GUPTA PERIOD
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 271 - A PINK SANDSTONE HEAD OF BRAHMA TRIMURTI, CENTRAL INDIA, POST-GUPTA PERIOD, 7TH CENTURY
Sold for €10,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 273 - A SCHIST TEMPLE COLUMN DEPICTING PURNESHVARI, MOTHER GODDESS, PALA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 275 - A MONUMENTAL GRANITE FIGURE OF SHIVA AS BHAIRAVA, CHOLA PERIOD
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 282 - A JAIN SILVER- AND COPPER-INLAID BRASS ALTARPIECE OF TIRTHANKARA ANANTANATHA, DATED 1456
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 284 - A BLACK STONE STELE OF VISHNU, INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 15TH – 16TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 285 - AN EXTREMELY RARE COPPER ALLOY ICON OF NAMMALVAR, 16TH CENTURY
Sold for €585
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 288 - A BRASS DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE DEPICTING VIRABHADRA, 17TH CENTURY
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 289 - A BRASS FIGURE OF NANDI CANOPIED BY A CROWNED NAGA, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
Sold for €520
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 294 - A BRASS LINGAM COVER IN THE FORM OF A HEAD, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 295 - A PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURES DEPICTING UMAMAHESVARA AND VISNHU WITH LAKSHMI, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 297 - A WOOD RELIEF OF KALI TRAMPLING UPON SHIVA, TAMIL NADU, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 298 - A BRASS FIGURE OF KHANDOBA, INDIA, DECCAN, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 300 - A BRASS FIGURE OF KHANDOBA AND MHALSA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 302 - A BRONZE BHUTA CULT MASK OF NANDI, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 303 - A BRONZE MASK OF JUMADI, BHUTA CULTURE, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 304 - A BRONZE BHUTA RITUAL MASK OF SHIVA, TULU NADU REGION, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €520
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 307 - A MUGHAL CELADON JADE ‘RAM’ HILT, INDIA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 311 - A JAIN COSMOLOGICAL DIAGRAM, GUJARAT, 18th-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €325
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 315 - A PAHARI PAINTING OF A VIRAHINI NAYIKA, NORTHERN INDIA, GULER, CIRCA 1800
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 316 - AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF RAMA AND SITA WITH LAKSHMANA AND HANUMAN
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 317 - A LARGE INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF KRISHNA
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 318 - A MEHRGARH TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A SEATED MOTHER GODDESS, INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION
Sold for €520
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 321 - A WESTERN ASIATIC ‘PROCESSION OF TRIBUTE BEARERS’ CHLORITE VESSEL, 1st MILLENNIUM BC
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 322 - A SILVER REPOUSSÉ ‘HUNTING’ PLATE, CENTRAL ASIA, 1ST MILLENNIUM AD
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 323 - A LURISTAN BRONZE ‘IBEX’ AXE-HEAD, LAST QUARTER OF 2ND TO EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM BC
Sold for €748
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 330 - A GRAY SCHIST FIGURE OF ATLAS, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 2ND-3RD CENTURY
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 332 - A SMALL GRAY SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 333 - A SCHIST FIGURE OF MAITREYA, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 334 - A GRAY SCHIST FIGURE OF A PENSIVE BODHISATTVA, GANDHARA, 2ND-3RD CENTURY
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 336 - A LARGE GRAY SCHIST RELIEF DEPICTING BUDDHA AND A ROYAL DONOR, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium