Live Auction
16-17 October 2025 at 11 AM CET
AUCTION OVERVIEW LOTS
Galerie Zacke is honored to present a major two-day live auction event, featuring 662 works of art from China, India, Southeast Asia, and beyond.
The highlight is our flagship live auction on Day 1 (lots 1-269), showcasing masterpieces of exceptional rarity and provenance. Among them are an absolutely perfect and thus extremely rare gilt and copper-red ‘Three Beasts’ bottle vase, Kangxi period, from the collection of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony; a highly important archaic yellow jade bi disk, on an imperially inscribed zitan stand, from the personal collection of the Qianlong Emperor (Hongli); an extraordinary sandstone figure of Lakshmi-Narayana, Chandela period, 10th–12th century, from the collection of Jeremy Knowles; as well as an exceptional 23k gold ritual helmet, Western Eurasian Steppe, possibly Hellenistic or Scythian, from the Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum.
Day 2 (lots 270-662) continues with our general auction, offering seasoned collectors and new bidders alike an opportunity to enhance their collections.
Museum Deaccessions include the Joanneum, Graz (originally Augustus the Strong Collection), the Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum, Budapest, and the Al Thani Foundation, Paris.
Notable Collector’s Provenances include the Qianlong Emperor (Hongli); Johan Carl Kempe; Alain Presencer; Cyrus Churchill; Nik Douglas; John Pierpont Morgan; James and Marilynn Alsdorf; Arthur Huc; Paolo Bertuzzi; Sam and Myrna Myers; Richard Blum and Senator Dianne Feinstein; Helga Wall-Apelt; Alexis Mertens de Wilmars; and over 100 additional collectors.
Historic Gallery and Dealership Provenances include Ching Tsai Loo; Spink & Son; Bluett & Sons; Marchant & Son; Frank Caro; Aalderink, Amsterdam; Jeremy Knowles; Alan and Simone Hartman; Ben Janssens Oriental Art; Gerard Hawthorn; Jonathan Tucker & Antonia Tozer; Ariadne Galleries; John Eskenazi; Marcel Nies; John Sparks; Douglas Wright; Galerie Beurdeley; Galerie Davide Manfredi; Rossi & Rossi; Rasti Chinese Art; Alexander Goetz; Bernheimer, Munich; E. & J. Frankel Ltd.; Throckmorton Fine Art; and Walter Ephron Gallery.
| Museum Deaccessions The Al Thani Foundation, Paris, France Augustus the Strong (1670–1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Dresden; later Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum, Budapest Historic Gallery and Dealership Provenances Aalderink, Amsterdam, Netherlands Alan Hartman and Simone Hartman, New York, USA Alexander Goetz, Gallery 101, Jakarta, Indonesia Ariadne Galleries, New York, USA and London, UK Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, UK Bernheimer, Munich, Germany Bluett & Sons, London, UK C. P. Ching Fine Oriental Art Ltd., Hong Kong Ching Tsai Loo (1880–1957), France and USA Clare Chu, Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, USA Daniel Milano, Paris, France Douglas Wright, London, UK |
E. & J. Frankel Ltd., New York, USA Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London Farah Massart, Famarte, Belgium Frank Caro (1904–1980), USA Galerie 41, Monte Carlo, Monaco Galerie Beurdeley, Paris, France Galerie Davide Manfredi, Paris, France Galerie des Antiquaires, Versailles, France Galerie Ilunga, Ghent, Belgium Galerie Koller, Zurich, Switzerland Galerie Rambagh, Brussels, Belgium Gerard Hawthorn, London, UK Great Wall Trading Co., Hong Kong Jeremy Knowles, London, UK John Eskenazi, London, UK John Sparks Ltd., London, UK Jonathan Tucker & Antonia Tozer Asian Art, London, UK Joost van den Bergh, London, UK Kitty Higgins, Far Eastern Art, Washington, D.C., USA Liberty & Co., London, UK Marcel Nies Oriental Art, Antwerp, Belgium Marchant & Son, London, UK Madame Verneix, Arts d’Autrefois, Paris Michael Robins, Santa Fe, USA |
Ngai Tile Wave, Hong Kong Patrick Dunbar Antiques, New Mexico, USA Peter Boode Chinese Antiques, London, UK Rasti Chinese Art, Hong Kong Raymond G. Handley (1923–2009) and Marsha Vargas Handley, Xanadu Gallery, San Francisco, Robert Hall, London, UK Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts, USA Rossi & Rossi, London, UK Sand Stone Antiques, River City, Bangkok, Thailand Sapjo Galleries, Monte Carlo, Monaco Shali Gallery, San Francisco, USA Soma Glick, Sri Asian & Primitive Art, Santa Fe, USA Spink & Son, London, UK Stefan Freiherr von Reibnitz, Munich, Germany Teppich-Haus Reinisch, Graz, Austria Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, USA The Little Shop, Hong Kong Victor Choi, Dragon Culture, Hong Kong Walter Ephron Gallery, New York, USA Continued below |
| Private Estates and Collection Provenances Alain Presencer (born 1939), UK Alexis Mertens de Wilmars, Rotterdam, Netherlands Ambrose Congreve, Waterford, Ireland Andrea Loseries-Leick, Austria Anthony Lovett, UK Arnaud Kurc, Paris, France Arthur Huc (1854–1932) and Marcel Huc, France A. J. T. Schoormans, Netherlands Benny Rustenberg, Amsterdam, Netherlands Ben Essex, UK Bentley Collection, UK Birgitta Berg, Sweden Brigitte Mavromichalis, Switzerland B. Strongin, USA Charlene Tyler Marshall (1945–2024), New York, USA Cindy Elden, New York, USA Cornelis Johannes van der Ploeg Zoeterwoude (1907–1973), Netherlands Count Federico Augusto Zichy Thyssen (1937–2014), Paraguay Cyrus Churchill and Mildred Churchill, with Daniel Churchill, Concordia House, Illinois, USA |
Daniel Wolf (1955–2021), USA Darwin Freeman, USA David Taylor (1876–1958), UK Didrik Carl Bildt (1879–1933), Sweden Dionysia Wilhelmina Everwijn (1923–2011), Stilte-Stichting Landgoed Den Bosch Collection, Netherlands Edith Frankel and Joel Frankel, New York Emmanuel Tiliakos and Argie Tiliakos, Winchester, Massachusetts Émile Robin (1884–1971), France Ferdinando Cappelletti, Rome, Italy Ferdinand Thaler and Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovsky, Austria Frederick Konig (1867–1940), UK Françoise Leroy-Laveissère, Paris, France Francine Wald and Bernard Wald, USA Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886–1964), Bremen, Germany Gert Chesi (born 1940), Schwaz, Austria Georg Stichel, Hamburg, Germany Gérard Wahl-dit-Boyer and Claudine Perrot, Paris, France Ghezzi Family Collection, Zurich, Switzerland Gottfried Henrich Crone (1884–1961), Amsterdam, Netherlands Harry Arvid Uggeldahl (1931–1991), Sweden Helga Wall-Apelt, Germany and USA Howard Phipps (1881–1981), Erchless, Old Westbury, USA Jacques Grosbusch, Luxembourg Jean-Marc Andral, Belgium Johan Carl Kempe (1884–1967), Sweden |
John Menke (1919–2009), USA John Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), New York, USA John Ross Sr. and John Ross Jr. (1928–2019), USA J. P. Islef (died 1954), France Jucker Collection, Ettingen, Switzerland Kate Kemper (1908–2004), Switzerland Karl Lunde, New York, USA Karl Springer, New York, USA Klaus Nierhoff (1926–2011), Wiesbaden, Germany Koos de Jong, Netherlands Law Collection, Cotswolds, UK Liselotte von Rantzau-Essberger, Hamburg, Germany Lothian Toland (born 1937), California Louis Regenstein and Helen Regenstein, Atlanta, USA L. Kalina, USA Marie Louise Alexienne Vanleew (1929–2024), Belgium Mario Tazzoli, Milan, Italy Martin Lerner (born 1936), USA Mons Fischer, Vienna, Austria Moussa Saibou, Lagos, Nigeria Mr. and Mrs. Sergeant, Ghent, Belgium Mr. Raimann, Germany Myrna Myers and Sam Myers, Paris Nicholas Douglas (1944–2012) and Christi Douglas, New York, USA |
Nicholas John Squire (1949–2024), Suffolk, UK Paolo Bertuzzi (1943–2022), Bologna, Italy Patrick Dupont, Brussels, Belgium Paul Atkinson, UK Paul Victor Jamin (1807–1868), Paris, France Peter Fussel, London, UK Peter Kienzle-Hardt (born 1946), Radevormwald, Germany Peter Schmidt (1937–2025), Germany Peter Tillou (1932–2025), New York, USA Philip Kotler (born 1931), Florida, USA Philippe Deridder (1950–1988), Belgium Pierre Vellones (1889–1939), France Pu Hua (c. 1834–1911), China R. M. Collection (1933–2023), with Marie-Anne Lefevre, SintPieters-Leeuw, Belgium Raimann Family, Germany Richard Blum and Senator Dianne Feinstein, San Francisco, USA Richard Dickes and Ruth Dickes, USA Robert Hafter, Küsnacht, Switzerland Robert Kuo, RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, USA R. Unger, USA R. W. B., Haiku, Hawaii, USA Theos Casimir Bernard, USA Theodosia Dawes Bond Thornton (1915–2009), Montreal, Canada T. T. Tsui, Hong Kong Yen Sheng-Po (1910–1994), China Yvette Starck, Luxembourg |
We are thrilled to share some exciting news – our auction and showroom has moved to a new location in Vienna! Starting 6 October you’ll be able to explore the exceptional pieces featured in our upcoming auction at:
ZELINKAGASSE 6, 1010 VIENNA
Please note: our consignment and production team will remain at our original address on Sterngasse 13.
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