Our two-day premium auction features 782 stunning lots, many of museum quality, with 152 named provenances ranging from museum deaccessions to notable collectors, and from the intriguing to the illustrious. Among these are the last emperor of Vietnam, the personal physician of Puyi, the Commander of the German Marine for East Asia, the Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia, the Rockefeller and Rothschild families, Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini, the granddaughter of the Coca-Cola founder, noted artists Lindy Guinness, Lü Xiaguang and Zhou Shengli as well as historic dealerships Bluett, Spink, Rare Art, Vermeer & Griggs, Roger Keverne, Nicholas Grindley, Eileen Kershaw, Myrna Myers, Dr. Otto Burchard, only to name very few. On the first day of the auction, 409 lots will be offered, including Works of Art; Hardstones, Jades and Seals; Ceramics and Porcelain; and Snuff Bottles. The second day will see the remaining 373 lots fall under the hammer, including Bronzes and Sculptures; Organic Material and Furniture; Thangkas, Textiles and Paintings; and, last but not least, Buddhism and Hinduism.
Lot 486 - A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA, 13TH-14TH CENTURY 十三至十四世紀西藏銅鎏金喇嘛像
Sold for €9,480
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 487 - A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, 14TH-15TH CENTURY 十四至十五世紀銅鎏金釋迦牟尼像
Sold for €8,216
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 488 - A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GREEN TARA, MID-QING 清代中期銅鎏金綠度母坐蓮像
Sold for €9,480
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 492 - A MONUMENTAL LIMESTONE BUDDHIST STELE, TANG DYNASTY 唐代佛碑
Sold for €4,298
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 493 - A STONE STELE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, NORTHERN QI 北齊釋迦牟尼石碑
Sold for €8,216
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 496 - A LARGE AND MASSIVE WOOD STATUE OF GUANYIN, MING DYNASTY 明代大型木雕自在觀音像
Sold for €17,696
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 503 - A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA PADMAPANI, MALLA PERIOD 馬拉朝銅鎏金蓮花手觀音像
Sold for €4,803
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 506 - A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SHOULAO, 17TH CENTURY 十七世紀局部鎏金銅壽老像
Sold for €2,402
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 507 - A 'TWIN BOYS' BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHT, MING DYNASTY 明代雙童鎮紙
Sold for €1,264
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 508 - A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE OF HAN ZHONGLI, MING 明代局部鎏金銅漢鍾離像
Sold for €2,528
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 511 - A BRONZE FIGURE OF A FOREIGNER, MING DYNASTY 明代青銅外族人鑄像
Sold for €3,286
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 512 - A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISRAVANA, MING DYNASTY 明代銅鎏金多聞天王
Sold for €3,539
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 513 - A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF EKADASHAMUKHA AVALOKITESHVARA, 18TH CENTURY 十八世紀銅鎏金十一面觀音
Sold for €2,781
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 514 - AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ‘DIAMOND REALM’ BUDDHA VAIROCANA BRONZE, MING DYNASTY 明代罕見金剛界大日如來銅像
Sold for €8,216
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 515 - A MASSIVE SILVER-INLAID SHISOU BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, QING DYNASTY 清代石叟銅錯銀觀音立像
Sold for €18,960
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 516 - A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA, QING DYNASTY 清代鎏金木雕佛陀立像
Sold for €6,952
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 518 - A BAMBOO-ROOT 'ELEPHANT AND BOY' CARVING, EARLY QING DYNASTY 清初竹雕童子騎象擺件
Sold for €1,264
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 519 - A GILT AND LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST PRIEST, LATE MING 明末漆金佛教尊者木像
Sold for €4,803
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 520 - A BAMBOO ROOT FIGURE OF A LUDUAN, 17TH CENTURY 十七世紀竹根雕甪端
Sold for €12,008
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 521 - A BAMBOO ‘ASITA AND LUDUAN’ FIGURE, EARLY QING 清初竹雕長眉羅漢與甪端像
Sold for €885
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 523 - AN OPENWORK AND RETICULATED ZITAN BRUSH POT, BITONG, QING DYNASTY 清代紫檀雕刻人物場景筆筒
Sold for €8,216
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 524 - A CARVED HUANGHUALI ‘FLORAL’ BOX AND COVER, QING 清代黃花梨雕花樹紋蓋盒
Sold for €1,643
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 525 - A SMALL ZITAN ‘IMITATION BURLWOOD’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG, QING 清代木瘤形紫檀木筆筒
Sold for €885
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 526 - A CARVED ZITAN TABLE-FORM ‘SHOULAO AND BOYS’ MINIATURE STAND, QING 清代紫檀雕壽老拜壽方座
Sold for €455
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 527 - AN OPENWORK BOXWOOD ‘LINGZHI’ BASE, QING DYNASTY 清代黃楊木雕靈芝座
Sold for €4,298
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 528 - A HUANGHUALI ‘GHOST EYES’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG, LATE MING DYNASTY 明末鬼眼黃花梨筆筒
Sold for €5,056
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 529 - A LARGE AND MASSIVE HUANGHUALI SCROLL POT, BITONG, LATE MING TO EARLY QING 明末清初大型黃花梨筆筒
Sold for €4,803
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 531 - A QIANGJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER, LATE MING DYNASTY 晚明戧金填漆龍紋蓋盒
Sold for €3,539
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 533 - A BURLWOOD ‘TREE TRUNK’ BRUSH POT, BITONG, EARLY QING DYNASTY 清初癭木筆筒
Sold for €1,011
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 534 - A CARVED HUANGHUALI ‘IMITATION BURLWOOD’ BRUSH POT, BITONG, 17TH CENTURY 十七世紀黃花梨仿癭木筆筒
Sold for €1,201
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 535 - A CARVED BOXWOOD ‘MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE’ BRUSH REST, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC 清末民初黃楊木雕山水筆山
Sold for €1,517
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 536 - A CARVED BAMBOO PINE-FORM BRUSH REST, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清代十八世紀竹雕松石筆擱
Sold for €695
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 537 - A HUANGHUALI ‘LOTUS’ BRUSH POT, BITONG, MID-QING 明代中期黃花梨雕蓮池筆筒
Sold for €2,528
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 538 - AN OPENWORK AND RETICULATED ZITAN BRUSHPOT, BITONG, QING DYNASTY 清代紫檀木雕筆筒
Sold for €25,280
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 539 - A BOXWOOD 'CRANE AND PINE TREE' INCENSE HOLDER, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD 清康熙黃楊木雕松鶴樁香筒
Sold for €1,264
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 540 - A BURLWOOD ‘TREE TRUNK’ BRUSH POT, BITONG, QING 清代癭木筆筒
Sold for €1,138
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 541 - A RETICULATED BAMBOO ‘SEVEN SAGES’ BRUSH POT, BITONG, MID-QING 清代中期竹雕竹林七賢筆筒
Sold for €2,781
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 542 - AN INSCRIBED BAMBOO BRUSH POT, BITONG, DATED TO THE YEAR 1817 嘉慶丁丑年竹雕花卉題詩紋筆筒
Sold for €1,770
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 543 - A LACQUERED BAMBOO RETICULATED BRUSH POT, BITONG, MID-QING 清代中期竹雕筆筒
Sold for €1,390
including Buyer's Premium