Live Auction
16-17 October 2025 at 11 AM CET
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. Learn more.
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6 - 15 October 2025
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AUCTION OVERVIEW LOTS
Lot 193 - A RARE IZNIK POLYCHROME POTTERY ‘ABSTRACT’ DISH, TURKEY, CIRCA 1590
Lot 194 - A FINE GEM-SET AND GOLD-MOUNTED DAGGER, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Lot 195 - A DIAMOND-SET AND AGATE-HILTED MUGHAL DAGGER, KHANJAR, 18TH CENTURY
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Lot 196 - A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL HELMET, KHULA KHUD, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 198 - A RARE AND LARGE MUGHAL PAINTING OF A COURTESAN, NORTH INDIA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Lot 199 - A MINIATURE PAINTING FROM A NAYIKA SERIES DEPICTING ABHISARIKA NAYIKA, GULER, CIRCA 1800
Lot 201 - A MINIATURE PAINTING OF A LADY AND HER SERVANTS PREPARING FOR THE BEDCHAMBER
Lot 203 - † A VERY LARGE AND IMPORTANT CHANDRAKETUGARH POTTERY VESSEL, 2ND-1ST CENTURY BC
Lot 204 - A SANDSTONE SHIVA EKAMUKHALINGA, CENTRAL INDIA, POST-GUPTA PERIOD, 7TH-8TH CENTURY
Lot 205 - A PINK SANDSTONE BUST OF BUDDHA, MATHURA, KUSHAN PERIOD, 2ND-3RD CENTURY
Lot 206 - † AN ICONIC RED SANDSTONE TORSO OF THE BUDDHA, GUPTA PERIOD, MATHURA, 3RD-5TH CENTURY
Lot 207 - A SANDSTONE CARVING OF A LION SUBDUING A WARRIOR, CHANDELA DYNASTY
Lot 214 - AN IMPORTANT AND PUBLISHED COPPER ALLOY SHRINE OF SHIVA, ORISSA, 11TH CENTURY
Lot 216 - A BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHA, SOUTH INDIA, LATER CHOLA PERIOD, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
Lot 217 - A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF GANESHA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY
Lot 219 - A SUPERB JAIN BRONZE FIGURE OF A TIRTHANKARA, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Lot 220 - A LARGE COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA, SRI LANKA, KANDYAN DYNASTY
Lot 221 - A LARGE AND MASSIVE BRONZE FIGURE OF LAKSHMI ON AN ELEPHANT, DECCAN, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Lot 223 - † AN IMPORTANT TERRACOTTA BUST OF A FEMALE DEITY, ANCIENT REGION OF HUND
Lot 224 - A RARE SILVER ALLOY FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, SWAT VALLEY, 7TH-8TH CENTURY
Lot 226 - THE CONCEPTION AND BIRTH OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA, 2ND-3RD CENTURY
Lot 227 - A FINE SCHIST FIGURE OF HARITI, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA
Lot 229 - A RARE AND LARGE SCHIST FIGURE OF A YAKSHI, GANDHARA, 2ND-3RD CENTURY
Lot 230 - A LARGE GRAY SCHIST FIGURE OF MAITREYA, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY
Lot 231 - A GRAY SCHIST FIGURE OF MAITREYA, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD CENTURY
Lot 233 - A LARGE GRAY SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 1ST-4TH CENTURY
Lot 234 - A MONUMENTAL GRAY SCHIST HEAD OF MAITREYA, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY
Lot 237 - † A LARGE AND IMPORTANT BRONZE BUST OF AVALOKITESHVARA, SRIVIJAYA, 8TH-10TH CENTURY
Lot 239 - A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA WITHIN A FLAMING AUREOLE, CENTRAL JAVA, 8TH-9TH CENTURY
Lot 240 - † A RARE AND LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF THE EMACIATED BUDDHA, INDONESIA, 8TH-9TH CENTURY
Thursday,
16 October
11 am CET
Tibet &
Nepal
Sculptures,
Thangkas &
Buddhist Art
Lots 1-52
Lot 220
Friday,
17 October
11 am CET
Tibet &
Nepal
Sculptures,
Thangkas &
Buddhist Art
Lots
270-344
Lots 345-385
Lots
67-103