Day 1: Flagship Live Auction (lots 1-279) on Thursday, 11 April 2024, starting at 11 AM CET - Print Catalog Available
Day 2: Live Auction Online Catalog (lots 280-648) on Friday, 12 April 2024, starting at 11 AM CET - Catalog Online Only
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Join Galerie Zacke for a two-day live auction event featuring 648 works of art from China, Southeast Asia, India, and beyond.
The highlight of our spring calendar – the flagship auction – will take place on Day 1 of the sale (lots 1-279), featuring many important pieces from renowned collections, among them a monumental sandstone statue of Vishnu from the Angkor period (lot 183), a rare 16th-century thangka of the seventeen-deity Tara Mandala (lot 22), and an important Song-dynasty Dingyao figure of Shoulao (lot 142).
The general auction will follow on Day 2 (lots 280-648) offering items for avid art collectors and first-time buyers alike.
Notable Collector’s Provenances include the fifth Prince Ding, Zai Quan, one of the Qianlong Emperor’s great-grandsons; Queen Maria of Yugoslavia; George Eumorfopoulos, co-founder and first president of the Oriental Ceramic Society; Dr. Wou Kiuan, diplomat and founder of the Wou Lien-Pai museum; Paul-Émile Naggiar, Ambassador of France to China from 1936 to 1938; as well as many prestigious names such as Sir Joseph Hotung, Dr. Isidore Cohn, Alan and Simone Hartman, Mary McFadden, the Chasseloup-Laubat Family, Kono Shuson, John “Moke” Mokotoff, Lionel and Danielle Fournier, and Academy Award winner Michael Phillips.
Historic Gallery and Dealership Provenances include Heather James Fine Art and Antiquities, S. Marchant & Son, Spink & Son, R&G McPherson, Sam Bernstein, Simon Ray, Jules Speelman, the Kapoor Galleries, Laurent Wannieck, Leonardo Vigorelli, and Clare Chu.
Museum Deaccessions include the Wou Lien-Pai Museum, the Speed Art Museum, the Woodmere Art Museum, the Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum, and the Tibethaus Kulturstiftung.
Lot 1 - A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ RITUAL MASK OF THE MAHASIDDHA NAGARJUNA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 2 - A SILVER REPOUSSÉ MASK OF A CHITIPATI, TIBET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 3 - A RARE AND LARGE GILT-BRONZE REPOUSSÉ PHURBU, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 6 - A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ PLAQUE OF AMITAYUS, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 7 - A PARCEL-GILT AND SILVER-APPLIED COPPER RITUAL TEAPOT
Sold for €14,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 8 - A PARCEL-GILT SILVER REPOUSSÉ KAPALA WITH MATCHING COVER AND STAND, TIBET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 9 - A SILVER-INLAID IRON AND WOOD SADDLE, CENTRAL ASIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €4,940
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 13 - A FINELY CAST AND PUBLISHED COPPER FIGURE OF DURGA, NEPAL, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,240
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 15 - A BRONZE FIGURE OF JAMBHALA, TIBET, PALA STYLE, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
Sold for €16,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 16 - A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA, NEPAL, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 17 - A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GREEN TARA, TIBET, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Sold for €84,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 18 - A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI ACARYA OR NILAMBARADHARA, TIBET, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 20 - A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA, TIBET, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €14,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 23 - A THANGKA OF AMITHABA IN SUKHAVATI HEAVEN, TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 24 - A RARE AND EARLY THANGKA DEPICTING AMARAVAJRADEVI, TIBET, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Sold for €14,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 27 - A RED-GROUND THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRAPANI, CENTRAL TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 28 - A BLACK-GROUND THANGKA DEPICTING SHADBHUJA MAHAKALA, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €58,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 29 - A LARGE AND DRAMATIC SILK APPLIQUÉ OF VAJRAKILAYA WITH CONSORT, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €28,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 31 - A RARE THANGKA WITH A PROTECTIVE TALISMAN CHART, SIDPAHO, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 35 - A RARE AND IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, ZANABAZAR SCHOOL
Sold for €18,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 36 - A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF KAKAMUKHA MAHAKALA, MONGOLIA, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 38 - A SANDSTONE HEAD OF THE BUDDHA, NORTHERN QI DYNASTY
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 41 - A RARE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF WILLOW GUANYIN, TANG DYNASTY
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 43 - A RARE AND MASSIVE CARVED LIMESTONE HEAD OF GUANYIN, SONG DYNASTY
Sold for €23,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 45 - A RARE WOOD FIGURE OF MULTI-ARMED GUANYIN, MING DYNASTY
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 46 - A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF EKADASHAMUKHA AVALOKITESHVARA, TIBETAN-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €4,420
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 50 - A LARGE CAST-IRON FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA, YUAN TO EARLY MING DYNASTY
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 53 - A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAIROCANA, MING DYNASTY
Sold for €14,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 54 - A RARE AND LARGE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF ‘WILLOWLEAF’ GUANYIN, MING DYNASTY
Sold for €23,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 55 - A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Sold for €14,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 56 - A RARE TWO-TONE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA AND SAMANTABHADRI IN UNION, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €33,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 61 - AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI, EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Sold for €21,600
including Buyer's Premium