Day 1: Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism and Hinduism (lots 1-247) on Wednesday, 11 October 2023, starting at 11 AM CET - Print Catalog Available
Day 2: Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism and Hinduism (lots 248-436) on Thursday, 12 October 2023, starting at 1 PM CET - Catalog Online Only
Day 3: Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism and Hinduism (lots 437-741) on Friday, 13 October 2023, starting at 11 AM CET - Catalog Online Only
Join Zacke for a three-day live auction event featuring 741 works of art from countries as large as China, India, or Indonesia, from the Himalayan valleys and plateaus of Tibet, Nepal, Kashmir, and Pakistan, from the Southeast Asian peoples of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar, as well as from the steppes of Central Asia to the plains of Mongolia, and from the Northern Indian basin to the island of Sri Lanka.
A pinnacle event of our autumn calendar – the flagship auction – will take place on Day 1 of the sale (lots 1-247), featuring many important pieces from renowned collections, among them an Imperial Falangcai miniature vase (lot 102), the Ming Dynasty’s largest surviving Zitan figure (lot 187), and an Imperial robe made for the Empress Dowager Cixi (lot 201).
The general auction will follow on Day 2 (lots 248-436) and on Day 3 (lots 437-748), offering items for avid art collectors and first-time buyers alike.
Notable Collector’s Provenances include the Zande Lou Collection, built by J.M. Hu, one of the world’s greatest connoisseurs of Chinese ceramics; James J. Lally, New York, a preeminent scholar of Asian art; Dr. Wou Kiuan, diplomat and founder of the Wou Lien-Pai museum; Zhang Boju, China’s celebrated art collector who was also known as one of the ‘Four Young Princes’; as well as many prestigious names such as Anton Exner, Adolphe Stoclet, Adrian Maynard, Dr. Elsa Graser, Charles Oswald Lidell, George Hathaway Taber, the Chasseloup-Laubat Family, Madame Safia Sassi, John Marsing, Leonardo Vigorelli, American tattoo artist Ed Hardy, and Academy Award winners Michael Phillips and Anthony Powell.
Historic Gallery and Dealership Provenances include Spink & Son, Galerie Jacques Barrère, Michel Beurdeley, E&J Frankel, Hugh Moss, Clare Chu, the Bernheimer Collection, Bluett & Sons, John Sparks, Marsha Vargas, Robert Kleiner, S. Bernstein & Co, Cohen & Cohen, and Michael Goedhuis.
Museum Deaccessions include the Cranmore Ethnographical Museum, the Norton Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum, the Wou Lien-Pai, the Idemitsu, and the Zelnik István Asian Gold Museum.
Lot 247 - A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, KANDYAN PERIOD, SRI LANKA, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 249 - A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘TAOTIE’ VASE, FANGHU, LATE MING DYNASTY 明末掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋方壺
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 250 - A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BOMBÉ-FORM TRIPOD CENSERS, EARLY QING DYNASTY 清初一對銅胎掐絲琺瑯三足爐
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 251 - A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘FLORAL’ DISH, CHINA, 17TH-18th CENTURY OR EALRIER 十七至十八世紀掐絲琺瑯花紋小碟
Sold for €560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 259 - A GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'BAJIXIANG' VASE, CHINA, EARLY 19th CENTURY 十九世紀初鎏金銅胎掐絲琺瑯八吉祥紋瓶
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 260 - A CLOISONNE AND CHAMPLEVÉ ‘DRAGON’ EWER, LATE QING DYNASTY 明末掐絲琺瑯與内填琺瑯工藝龍紋罐
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 262 - A SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER REPOUSSÉ POMANDER, CHINA, 19th CENTURY 十九世紀鍍金錘鍱銀香盒
Sold for €585
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 265 - A GILT COPPER REPOUSSÉ CENSER AND RETICULATED COVER, FANGDING, QING DYNASTY 清代鎏金合金銅錘鍱方鼎
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 272 - AN AVENTURINE-SPLASHED AMBER GLASS WATERPOT, PINGGUOZUN 琥珀色玻璃蘋果尊
Sold for €336
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 273 - A RUBY-RED OVERLAY ‘LOTUS POND’ GLASS BOWL, MID-QING DYNASTY 清代中期寶石紅套料《荷塘鴨戲》玻璃碗
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 277 - Ɏ A NECKLACE WITH CORAL BEADS, CHINA, LATE 19TH TO 20TH CENTURY 十九世紀末至二十世紀珊瑚珠項鏈
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 278 - Ɏ A CHINESE CARVED RED CORAL FIGURE OF A MEIREN WITH BOYS 珊瑚雕夫人童子像
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 282 - Ɏ A HUANGHUALI BRUSH POT, BITONG, EARLY QING DYNASTY 清初黃花梨筆筒
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 285 - A BAMBOO ‘PEACH TREE’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG, LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTY 明末清初桃樹筆筒
Sold for €390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 286 - A BAMBOO VENEER ‘BAJIXIANG’ RUYI SCEPTER, ZHUHUANG, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY 十八世紀八寳紋竹簧如意
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 288 - A CARVED BAMBOO FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT TOAD, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY 十八世紀竹根雕蟾蜍
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 289 - A HARDWOOD FIGURE OF AN EMACIATED LUOHAN, CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY 十七至十八世紀木雕羅漢坐像
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 290 - Ɏ A RED-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA, LATE MING DYNASTY 明末紅漆木雕坐佛
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 292 - A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘PLAYING BOYS’ SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER, MING DYNASTY 明代剔犀嬰戲圖印泥盒
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 293 - A BLACK AND CINNABAR TIXI LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER, MING DYNASTY 明代剔黑蓋盒
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 294 - A SMALL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘PRUNUS’ BOX AND COVER, QING DYNASTY 清代剔犀桃花蓋盒
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 296 - A RARE TWO-COLOR CINNABAR LACQUER YAOPEI HANGING ORNAMENT, QING DYNASTY 清代剔犀腰佩
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 299 - A BRASS-MOUNTED ZELKOVA WOOD DESKTOP CABINET, JOSEON DYNASTY 朝鮮王朝櫸木桌櫃
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 305 - A TAIHU ‘DRAGON’ SCHOLAR’S ROCK, LATE QING DYNASTY 清末龍形太湖石
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 308 - A LAPIS LAZULI SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA, CHINA, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY 十八至十九世紀青金石坐佛像
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 309 - A MONUMENTAL LAPIS LAZULI MOUNTAIN, LATE QING DYNASTY 清末青金石山子
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 310 - A LAPIS LAZULI 'CHILONG' LIBATION CUP, LATE QING DYNASTY 清末青金石螭龍杯
Sold for €390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 315 - AN ARCHAIC GREEN JADE AXE BLADE, DAO, NEOLITHIC PERIOD 新石器時代青玉刀
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 319 - A JADE FIGURE OF A HORSE, SONG TO MING DYNASTY 宋至明玉馬
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 321 - AN OPENWORK JADE COURT HAT FINIAL, YUAN TO MING DYNASTY 元至明鏤空玉雕帽頂珠
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 323 - A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘DOG’, MING DYNASTY 明代青白留皮玉犬
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 324 - A GREEN JADE ‘CAT AND BUTTERFLY’ CARVING, LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY 明代青玉貓戲蝶
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 327 - A ‘CAT AND BOY’ JADE PENDANT, CHINA, 17TH CENTURY 十七世紀《貓與童子》玉吊墜
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 329 - A PALE CELADON JADE WINE CUP, CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY 十七至十八世紀青白玉杯
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium