Ending 26th Jan, 2025 11:05
Four-Day Auction: Timed Auction Asian Art
1691
1 week, 4 days, 21 hours, 57 minutes and 19 seconds
A LOT WITH SIX TIBETAN RITUAL ITEMS
€150
€300
A buyer’s premium of 30.00% (including VAT) applies to the hammer price of this lot if your bid is successful.
Tibet, late 19th to 20th century. This set includes six Tibetan ritual objects, each intricately crafted.
A Kapala (Skull Cup) in imitation of real bone, decorated with ornate white metal mounts featuring skull designs and auspicious symbols.
An eight-pronged Vajra with a central compressed globular grip flanked by biconical sections with petals, supporting a central column surrounded by eight arched vajra points.
A multi-strand necklace composed of blue glass beads and suspending a round brass plaque with incised scrolling decoration.
A cylindrical bronze lock, the top cast as a caparisoned elephant.
A leather flint pouch fitted to one side with a flap, mounted to the corners with white metal fittings chased with a recumbent animal. Fitted to the lower edge with a curved iron blade, and the top with a suspension fitting.
A pair of engraved Tingsha Bells (hand cymbals).
Condition: Very good condition with usual traces of use and wear.
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Weight: 1,159 g in total
Dimensions: Length 7 cm – 17 cm
Tibet, late 19th to 20th century. This set includes six Tibetan ritual objects, each intricately crafted.
A Kapala (Skull Cup) in imitation of real bone, decorated with ornate white metal mounts featuring skull designs and auspicious symbols.
An eight-pronged Vajra with a central compressed globular grip flanked by biconical sections with petals, supporting a central column surrounded by eight arched vajra points.
A multi-strand necklace composed of blue glass beads and suspending a round brass plaque with incised scrolling decoration.
A cylindrical bronze lock, the top cast as a caparisoned elephant.
A leather flint pouch fitted to one side with a flap, mounted to the corners with white metal fittings chased with a recumbent animal. Fitted to the lower edge with a curved iron blade, and the top with a suspension fitting.
A pair of engraved Tingsha Bells (hand cymbals).
Condition: Very good condition with usual traces of use and wear.
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Weight: 1,159 g in total
Dimensions: Length 7 cm – 17 cm
Natural Light Images for Logged-in Users Only
You can find images of this item taken under natural daylight below. Click on an image to zoom in or save.
If there are no natural light images for this item, please email us at office@zacke.at or use the request form below.
Log in or sign up to view the natural light images.
Click here to request more information on this lot.
Auction: Four-Day Auction: Timed Auction Asian Art, ending 26th Jan, 2025
Bidding starts on Wednesday, 1 January, and lots start closing at 11 AM on Sunday, 26 January
Our Terms and Conditions
As part of our ongoing efforts to keep our auctions fair and transparent, we encourage you to read our terms and conditions thoroughly. We urge you to read through §34-50) to ensure you understand them. These terms are specifically designed to protect all serious and committed buyers from bidding against non-payers who attempt to inflate prices without the intent of paying their auction bills.
For further reading about non-payers at auction, go here: https://www.zacke.at/aboutnonpayers/.
The main points include the following:
- Bidders must complete their due diligence and clarify all questions about the objects before the auction. After the auction, Zacke will not answer questions from bidders unless the purchase price has been paid in full. Of course, this does not apply to questions concerning shipping, insurance, customs, etc.
- A sale cancellation of any kind after the fall of the hammer is not possible. The only exception to this fundamental rule is our guarantee of authenticity [the Guarantee].
- A Guarantee Claim, however, can only be raised after the purchase price has been paid in full by the buyer and within 45 days after the auction day.
If you have any questions about our policies, please get in touch with us at office@zacke.at.
By placing a bid, you agree to our Terms of Auction and Terms and Conditions.
