A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYINChina, Republic period (1912-1949) or slightly later. Cast seated in dhyanasana, the hands held in vitarka and shuni mudra, dressed in loose-fitting robes opening at the chest to reveal beaded jewelry. The cuffs and hems of the robe incised with vines and blossoms, the face with a serene expression and downcast eyes above a subtle smile, flanked by elongated earlobes suspending floral earrings, the hair tied in a high chignon behind a floral crown with Amithaba at the center. The face, hands, and feet covered in gilt and the robe with blue and red accents.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, small nicks, scratches, flaking of the gilt, and casting flaws.Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 1.6 kgDimensions: Heigh 21 cm
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A GILT-BRONZE REPOUSSE FIGURE OF BUDDHAMongolia, late 19th - early 20th century. Seated in dhyanasana above a lotus base, both hands in gyan mudra at the chest, dressed in a loose robe covering the left shoulder and falling elegantly in pleads below the feet. The face with a serene expression and downcast eyes, the eyebrows centered by an urna, flanked by elongated earlobes and surmounted by an ushnisha. The body covered in gilt and with red and black accents to the face. The base sealed with a wooden plate.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, minuscule losses, small dents, nicks, light scratches, and manufacturing flaws.Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 2.1 kgDimensions: Height 37.7 cm
A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, 13TH-14TH CENTURYNepal, 13th-14th century. Boldly cast, the small figure seated in dhyanasana on a lotus pedestal, his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra and his left lowered above his lap. His serene face with heavy lidded eyes, full lips, and hair neatly arranged around a high ushnisha.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age, with old wear predominantly from centuries of worship within the culture. Signs of weathering and erosion, small nicks, minor scratches, and a loss to the base. The bronze is covered in a naturally grown patina with malachite encrustations.Provenance: Czech private collection.Weight: 60.5 g (excl. stand), 242.3 g (incl. stand)Dimensions: 6 cm (excl. stand), 7.4 cm (incl. stand)With a fitted metal stand. (2)
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PALDEN LHAMO, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIERTibet. Riding her horse atop a sea of blood on a stepped plinth supported by further horses, the fierce goddess holding her sword aloft while gripping a kapala (skull cup) in the other hand, a khatvanga (trident) resting in her left arm. Her mouth open in a gruesome expression, exposing her sharp teeth and pointed tongue, her flaming hair, urna, and earrings with precious stone inlays. Flanked by a separately cast flaming mandorla with bands of skulls and vajras.Condition: Good condition with some wear, casting flaws, rubbing to gilt, dents, minor losses, and cracks. Small areas of verdigris here and there.Provenance: From a Czech private collection.Weight: 2,707 gDimensions: Height 31 cm
A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF EKADASHAMUKHA AVALOKITESHVARA, 19TH CENTURYTibet, 19th century. Heavily cast, the eleven-headed eight-armed deity standing in samabhanga atop an openworked double-lotus base with his primary hands clasped together in front of his chest, the others radiating around him holding a lotus blossom, rosary, dharma wheel, bow and arrow, and a water pot. Clad in a long, flowing dhoti decorated with foliate scroll, elegant jewelry, and an animal pelt draped over one shoulder.Condition: Good condition with some wear, casting flaws, minute nicks, small dents, few minor losses.Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 5,529 gDimensions: Height 64.9 cm
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF JAMBHALA, 19TH-20TH CENTURYTibet, 19th-20th century. The god of wealth seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with jeweled petals and beaded edge, his right foot resting on a lotus bloom, holding a gem-shaped fruit in his right hand and a mongoose spouting jewels in his left. He wears a loose-fitting dhoti and billowing shawl and is bedecked in beaded jewelry. His bearded face with downcast eyes, bushy brows, and bow-shaped lips forming a calm smile in a benevolent expression. His hair tied into a high chignon behind the foliate jeweled tiara. The base is sealed.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, light rubbing, small losses, and minor dents. Areas of verdigris to the sealplate.Provenance: From an Austrian private collection.Weight: 407 gDimensions: Height 10.4 cm
A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA, PALA REVIVALTibet, late 19th to first half of 20th century. Heavily cast, standing in samabhanga on a double lotus pedestal with a beaded rim, incised with scrolling designs along the base. He is holding in a lotus stem in his right hand which curls up his arm opening to a large blossom supporting a kundika at his shoulder. Wearing a short dhoti tied at the waist by a sash with beaded jewelry and a central floret clasp, his bare arms and chest are adorned with finely beaded jewelry with tassels and floret medallions.Provenance: From a private collection in Germany.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, small nicks, and minor dents.Weight: 5,910 g Dimensions: Height 56.2 cmHis serene face set with almond-shaped eyes and full lips. Finely incised, his curled secured by a foliat tiara and gathered in a tall, multi-tiered chignon surmounted by a lotus blossom.The presence of the kundika vase crowning the resplendent lotus flower by his left shoulder identifies this idealized young prince as the future Buddha Maitreya. Although equally vital to popular Buddhist practice, standing Maitreya images are relatively rare by comparison to more common bronzes of Avalokiteshvara Padmapani.Maitreya, also known as the Buddha of the Future, may be considered a Bodhisattva according to the sutras, or a Buddha according to the tantras. In Tibet, when represented as a Bodhisattva, he may be depicted standing or seated in European style with the feet resting on a small lotus throne. The princely appearance of this figure is one of the most popular manifestations of Maitreya.
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI, LATE QING TO REPUBLICTibetan-Chinese, first half of the 20th century. Finely cast seated in dhyanasana atop a lotus base, holding aloft a flaming sword and a lotus stem in his left hand coming to full bloom at his shoulder and supporting a sutra. He is clad in a voluminous dhoti and adorned with sashes and jewelry inlaid with gemstones. The face is serene in expression and surmounted by a foliate tiara in front of the braided chignon. The base is sealed.Condition: Good condition with wear, casting flaws, minor rubbing to gilding, small dents, light nicks and scratches, and few losses to inlays.Provenance: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 1990s. Collection of Dr. Ferdinand and Dr. Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovsky, acquired from the above and thence by descent in the same family. The couple, who had both been practicing law, met in 1967 through their mutual passion for art. Together they built a substantial and diverse art collection over many decades, one of their first works of Asian art being a painting of Guan Yu, received as payment for legal services, from the prominent Styrian brewer Sigurd Reininghaus.Weight: 1,553 gDimensions: Height 20.6 cm
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURYTibet. Finely cast, the thousand-armed eleven-headed deity seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base raised on a stepped plinth supported by two snow lions. His principal hands are held in anjali mudra, while his secondary hands hold attributes including a bow and arrow, lotus blossom, rosary, and dharma wheel, with numerous further hands radiating around him, surrounded by a separately cast foliate mandorla with a beaded lower edge.Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting flaws, light rubbing to gilding, small nicks, light scratches, areas of verdigris particularly to interior.Provenance: From a Portuguese private collection.Weight: 3,805 gDimensions: Height 29.1 cmOne prominent Buddhist story tells of Avalokiteshvara vowing never to rest until he had freed all sentient beings from saṃsara. Despite strenuous effort, he realizes that many unhappy beings were yet to be saved. After struggling to comprehend the needs of so many, his head splits into eleven pieces. Amitabha, seeing his plight, gives him eleven heads with which to hear the cries of the suffering. Upon hearing these cries and comprehending them, Avalokiteshvara tries to reach out to all those who needed aid but found that his two arms shattered into pieces. Once more, Amitabha comes to his aid and invests him with a thousand arms with which to aid the suffering multitudes.
A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE STUPA, 19TH-20TH CENTURYNepal, 19th-20th century. The tiered stupa raised on a stepped plinth supported by Garudas and decorated with vajras as well as beaded and floral designs. Housing four Buddhas, each seated in dhyanasana within a niche flanked by columns and topped by a kirthimukha, beneath a separately cast dome with lotus petals and topped by a gilt stupa finial. The Buddha are supported on a plinth base with a double-lotus band as well as a band winged mythical creatures and floral designs. The base is sealed.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and light rubbing to gilding. Fine dark patina with areas of verdigris.Provenance: From a Belgian private collection.Weight: 2,423 gDimensions: Height 21.9 cm
THREE GILT-BRONZE VAJRAS, 17TH-18TH CENTURYTibet, 17th-18th century. Each well cast, the four-pronged vajra with a central compressed globular grip separating two lotus pedestals supporting a central column surrounded by four arched vajra points emerging from the jaws of makara heads, the two eight-pronged vajras similarly modeled, the larger with a biconical grip.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, small nicks, minor dents, little rubbing to gilt.Provenance: From a private collection in Austria.Weight: 624.5 g (total)Dimensions: Length 11.5 cm, 13.4 cm, and 17.2 cm
A GROUP OF THREE IRON AND BRONZE RITUAL OBJECTS, 18TH-19TH CENTURYTibet, 18th-19th century. Comprising a bronze phurbu cast with a triangular blade of iron issuing from a makara's mouth with two snakes coiling down the blade, the pommel cast with the heads of four wrathful deities; an iron phurbu with a silvery sheen, the faceted biconical grip with a skull-form terminal; and a finely cast bronze kartika with a curved blade issuing from the mouth of a fierce makara, the globular grip with lotus petals supporting a four-prong vajra terminal.Condition: Good condition with some wear, casting flaws, small dents, minute nicks, and light scratches.Provenance: From a private collection in Austria.Weight: 916.7 gDimensions: Length 20.9 cm (the longest)
A GROUP OF FIVE TIBETAN RITUAL IMPLEMENTS, 19TH CENTURYTibet. Comprising a small copper kapala, with a silver repousse cover topped by a vajra finial and a gilt-copper stand of triangular form with a head at every corner; a bronze butter lamp with a circular basin and a wick-fitting decorated with Amitayus; a gilt and silvered bronze openwork belt hook with a recumbent deer amid scrolling foliage; a turquoise-inlaid silver spoon; and a bronze spoon.Condition: Overall good condition with wear, manufacturing flaws, traces of use, minor tarnishing, small dents, minimal losses.Provenance: From a private collection in Austria.Weight: 484 g (total)Dimensions: Height 9.9 cm (the kapala) and 24.3 cm (the butter lamp), Length 13.6 cm (the silver spoon), 9.6 cm (the bronze spoon), and 14.1 cm (belt hook)
A BRONZE PHURBU WITH YAMANTAKA, 18Th-19TH CENTURYTibet. Finely cast, the tripart ritual dagger issuing from the mouth of a makara with serpents meandering down the sides of the blade, the handle with the heads of citipati, a bodhisattva, and a wrathful deity surmounted by an apex figure of Yamantaka, the destroyer of death, standing on a lotus pedestal with forty-eight arms and ten heads flanked by a double aureole enclosed by a foliate nimbus, flanked by two smaller attendant deities.Provenance: From the collection of Muriel Olesen and Gerald Minkoff. Muriel Olesen (1948-2020) was a Swiss art historian who taught at the Toepffer school in Geneva. After meeting her husband Gerald Minkoff (1937-2009), a Swiss anthropologist and biologist, she transitioned to a career as an artist. They began to work together in 1967 and produced various works of art in the fields of video, photography, and multimedia. Their installations have been exhibited at the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, the Archeology Museum in Tarragona, and the Museum of Moudon, among others. Muriel was awarded the Federal Fine Arts Grant on three occasions and the prestigious Prize of the City of Geneva in 2011. In Switzerland, the couple are known as pioneers of video art. Condition: Good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, small dents, light nicks, and shallow scratches. The bronze is covered in a dark, naturally grown patina. Weight: 474.4 g Dimensions: Length 30.5 cmA phurbu is a three-bladed ceremonial stake used to anchor, neutralize, and transmute negative phenomena in Vajrayana Buddhist rituals. The phurbu's magical effects cover a variety of domains, from exorcism and consecration to weather-making and the curing of diseases.
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL GAU WITH BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, 19TH CENTURYSino-Tibetan, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912). The amulet box for a high-ranking lama's use. Of rounded arched form, the body decorated with scrolling foliage, lotus blossoms and bats on a turquoise ground, all around a central arched panel containing the Tibetan character 'hum' within a yellow scroll border, flanked by two lugs for suspension. The interior with a small bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base and holding an alms bowl, his face in gilt and the hair with remnants of blue pigment.Condition: Good condition, the gau with minor wear, small dents, and few fills to the enamels. The buddha with casting flaws, minor nicks, and light surface scratches.Provenance: Czech private collection.Weight: 258.4 g in totalDimensions: Height 9 cmAuction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Bonhams Edinburgh, 21 April 2010, lot 90Price: GBP 1,560 or approx. EUR 3,100 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Tibeto-Chinese cloisonne Gau, 19th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related motif. Note the lot comprises only the gau. Note the size (11.5 cm).
AN EMBROIDERED PURSE WITH 'BUDDHA' CLASP, QING DYNASTYChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Finely executed in Beijing knot and satin stitch, depicting court ladies surrounded by auspicious flowers, craggy rocks, and pavilions, all on a creamy-white silk ground. The pouch with a gilt bronze upper clasp cast as a figure of Buddha, the interior velvet padded, with three smaller compartments, and keychain strap.Condition: Overall good condition with some wear, soiling, staining, and with few loose threads.Provenance: Estate of Wolfgang Zacke (1942-2022), co-founder of Galerie Zacke, thence by descent.Weight: 130 gDimensions: Length 20 cm, height 17 cm
A FLAMBE GLAZED PORCELAIN VASE, FANGHU, TONGZHI MARK AND PERIODChina, 1861-1874. Of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body of square section and molded with a peach-shaped panel on the front and back face, rising to a broad neck with, covered overall with a flambe glaze of a dark red tone with lavender and pale-blue streaks, thinning to cream at the edges. The unglazed base incised with a six-character Tongzhi Reign mark.Condition: Very good condition with minimal surface wear, some firing flaws, and shallow surface scratches.Provenance: British trade.Weight: 3.2 kg Dimensions: Height 30.4 cm
A GROUP OF FOUR CHINESE ITEMS, c. 1920sChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912-1949). The first an anti-communist commemorative medal cast with the portrait of Chiang Kai- Shek and the words “Commemoration for Anti-Communism”, gifted by Li Zongren and Huang Shaohong”. In 1927, Li Zongren and Huang Shaohong, leaders of the Guangxi faction, cooperated with Jiang Zhongzheng to clean up Chinese Communist Party members who had formed an alliance with the Chinese Kuomintang at the time, such medals were awarded to subordinates by the two leaders. The second a bronze talisman with Tian Hou Zaozheng and other Chinese inscriptions. The third a Chinese Empire coin: Guangdong Province, 7 Mace and 2 Candareens. The fourth a small octagonal bowl with deep rounded sides supported on a short ring foot, covered overall with a thick celadon glaze suffused with a network of gray and orange crackle stopping evenly at the foot, revealing the dark-brown ware.Condition: Good condition with traces of use and wear.Provenance: French private collection.Weight: 173 g in total Dimensions: Diameter 3.8 cm (the coin), 4.5 cm (the talisman), 5.5 cm (the medal), and 7.5 cm (the bowl)
A BRONZE FIGURE OF SADASHIVA, KOH KER STYLE, KHMER EMPIRE, LATE 10TH - 11TH CENTURYStanding on a square plinth in sampada with his arms radiating around him, clutching his ten attributes. The five-headed deity clad in a short sampot with fishtail pleat and jeweled sash, incised finely in foliate decorations. The body ornamented in jewelry, including a collar necklace, bracelets, armbands, earrings, and an ornate diadem. The five faces finely cast with almond-shaped eyes, aquiline nose, an urna, full lips and ears with pendulous earrings.Provenance: From the private collection of Darwin Freeman, collected between the 1968-1971, and thence by descent within the same family. Born 1946 in Idaho, USA, Darwin Freeman was a member of the armed forces and later became an avid collector. He met his wife in the mid-1960s, and the pair later relocated to her hometown of Innsbruck, Austria. In 1967, Freeman was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in Germany and Thailand. While he was stationed at the Embassy in Bangkok, between 1969 and 1971, he actively began engaging in the exploration and collection of ancient bronzes and other works of art. Upon completing his duty, Freeman arranged for his collection to be shipped to Austria, where it remained in storage until this day.Condition: Very good condition commensurate with age, old wear, weathering and corrosion, minuscule nicks here and there, minor losses, fine natural patina with malachite-green encrustations.Weight: 814.7 gDimensions: Height 26.3 cm
A KHMER BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, ANGKOR PERIODKhmer Empire, 12th century. The bodhisattva standing in samapada on a square base, holding in his four hands a lotus bud, water vessel, scroll, and rosary, wearing a short pleated sampot with a striated belt decorated with pendent tassels. Richly adorned with jewelry, the hair arranged in a high topknot with a small Buddha Amitabha behind the circular diadem. The face finely detailed with full lips, ridged brows, and almond-shaped eyes.Provenance: Art of the Past, New York, 3 December 2002. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sharpe, Strasbourg, France, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice, dating the piece to the 12th century, accompanies this lot. Condition: Excellent condition commensurate with age. Old wear, minuscule nicks here and there. Fine and naturally grown malachite-green patina overall.Weight: 297.8 g Dimensions: Height 14.5 cmAvalokiteshvara is the personification of compassion, and the figure has a lively facial expression with alert eyes and a pleasant smile, bestowing benevolence on the devotee.The rigid frontal pose is characteristic of the Angkor Wat period and, in contrast to the preceding Baphuon style with its delicate curves, sculptures display an authoritarian nature not seen since the Bakheng period, possibly reflecting political developments at the time. The eyes are prominently outlined, the corners extending towards the temples, a feature found extensively in both stone and bronze sculpture of this period.Literature comparison:Compare a related bronze figure of Avalokithesvara, Angkor period, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1999.262.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2008, lot 243Price: USD 73,000 or approx. EUR 97,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: Avalokiteshvara, copper alloy, Khmer, Angkor PeriodExpert remark: Compare the closely related pose and facial features. Note the significantly larger size (34 cm).
A BRONZE BOWL, ANGKOR PERIOD, 10TH-12TH CENTURYKhmer Empire. Thinly cast, supported on a flat base with rounded sides and a rounded rim. The deep bowl has a naturally grown patina with malachite encrustations.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age, with wear. Signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, minor nicks, and small scratches.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 464.2 gDimensions: Diameter 17.1 cm
A PAIR OF BRONZE BOWLS, ANGKOR PERIOD, 10TH-12TH CENTURYKhmer Empire. Thinly cast, each bowl resting on a rounded base rising to arching sides with a flat rim. Both are covered in a rich, naturally grown patina with vibrant malachite encrustations.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age, with wear. Signs of weathering and erosion, small nicks, and minor dents. The bronze covered in a rich, naturally grown patina with vibrant malachite encrustations.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 167.9 and 170.9 gDimensions: Diameter 11.8 and 11.3 cmEach with a metal tripod stand. (4)
A PAIR OF BRONZE MEDICINE VESSELS AND COVERS, ANGKOR PERIOD, 12TH-13TH CENTURYKhmer empire, 12th-13th century. Finely cast, each vessel supported on a flaring foot rising to straight sides with two ringlets. The domed covers decorated with bud finials. Each covered in a rich, naturally grown patina with malachite encrustations.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age, with wear. Signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, small scratches, and light nicks.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 600 g (total)Dimensions: Diameter 9.8 cm (each)
A KHMER BRONZE BUST OF LOKESHVARA, BAYON STYLE, ANGKOR PERIODKhmer Empire, 12th century. The four-armed figure is finely cast with intricate locks that extend down the back of his neck and is surmounted by a high, arched headdress, wearing a crown with a central medallion and a prominent necklace. The deity holds four different attributes, one in each hand.Provenance: From the collection of Rene Ronveaux (d. 1991), Belgium, acquired in the 1960s and thence by descent in the same family. A copy of a provenance statement, written and signed by the previous owner, dated 8 December 2022, confirming the provenance stated above, accompanies this lot. Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Signs of wear and weathering, corrosion, soil remnants, cracks, dents and losses. The bronze is covered overall in a fine, naturally grown patina with malachite encrustations.Weight: 1,698 g Dimensions: Height 27 cm Mounted on a metal stand. (2)Literature comparison:Compare a related bronze figure of Lokesvara, 27 cm high, dated to the Angkor period, in the National Palace Museum, accession number CAM 3251, published in Brice Vencent's article Nouvelle etude du Lokeśvara Khmer du Musee national de Colombo, Arts Asiatiques 68, 2013, pp. 33.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 21 September 2007, lot 366 Price: USD 21,250 or approx. EUR 29,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A bronze figure of Lokeshvara, 13th century Expert remark: Note the similar position of the arms and various implements he holds. Note the size (26.3 cm) and the fact that while this is an entire figure, the present lot - if the entire figure had been preserved - would have roughly double the size of this comparison.Update 25.9.2023: A noted expert and colleague has informed us that there is a possibility that the present lot is pre-angkorian and should be dated accordingly e.g. 8th-9th century. Specifically the hair locks show some iconographical simliarity to certain sandstone figures from phnom da.
A BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU, ANGKOR PERIOD, KHMER EMPIRE, 12TH-13TH CENTURYWell cast standing in samapada on a square base, his four hands holding the mace, lotus, chakra, and conch, dressed in a short sampot with fishtail pleats at the front and butterfly tang at the back, secured with a large flange falling over the belt. The face with wide smiling features, almond-shaped eyes, elongated earlobes with pendeloque earrings, the hair piled into a tall jatamukuta and secured with a tiara.Provenance: From an old French family collection. Condition: Very good condition with old wear and some minor casting flaws, small nicks, and tiny scratches and losses. Spectacular, naturally grown patina overall with several layers of malachite and small areas of azurite encrustation.Weight: 259.9 g (incl. stand) Dimensions: Height 12.9 cm (excl. stand) and 17.3 cm (incl. stand)Mounted on a modern base. (2)Khmer sculptors produced figural images of divinities in response to the international religions - Hinduism and Buddhism - that had arrived in mainland Southeast Asia already by the fifth century. Indian traders and traveling priests subsequently brought knowledge of Shiva, Vishnu, and other Hindu gods to this region.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related bronze of Vishnu, dated early 12th century, 12.7 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1983.556.1. Compare a closely related bronze of Vishnu, dated late 12th to early 13th century, 15.5 cm high, in the National Museum in Phnom Penh, inventory number NMC.427.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 20 March 2012, lot 168Price: USD 12,500 or approx. EUR 15,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A bronze figure of Vishnu, Khmer, Angkor period, Bayon style, 13th centuryExpert remark: Note that this statue is standing on an associated yoni lingam base. The size of the statue alone is estimated at c. 20 cm.
A BRONZE FIGURE OF UMA, ANGKOR PERIOD, 12TH-13TH CENTURYKhmer Empire. Standing in samabhanga, dressed in a pleated sampot suspended from a charm-decorated belt and a central sash tapering off in a fishtail hem. Her body is ornamented in fine jewelry, including a collar necklace, bracelets, armbands, earrings, and an ornate diadem. The face finely cast with almond shaped eyes and wide mouth.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age, with wear. Signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, expected losses, and a single structural crack. The bronze is covered in a naturally grown patina with faint malachite encrustations.Provenance: A private collection in Germany. Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 17 September 2016, lot 386. A noted private collection in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, acquired from the above.Weight: 303 g (incl. base)Dimensions: 14.1 cm (excl. base), 17.8 cm (incl. base)Mounted to a metal base. (2)13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU, ANGKOR PERIODKhmer Empire, 13th century. The four-armed deity standing in samabhanga on a circular lotus pedestal with beaded edge, the primary hands lowered and holding a club and a seed, the secondary hands raised and holding a disk and conch, dressed in a short sampot secured with a pendent fishtail sash, richly adorned with beaded jewelry, the details intricately carved. His face with almond-shaped eyes below a thick sinuous brow, his full lips forming a calm smile, framed by pendeloque earrings, the hair arranged in a conical chignon behind the foliate tiara.Provenance: From the private collection of Darwin Freeman, collected between the 1968-1971, and thence by descent within the same family. Born 1946 in Idaho, USA, Darwin Freeman was a member of the armed forces and later became an avid collector. He met his wife in the mid-1960s, and the pair later relocated to her hometown of Innsbruck, Austria. In 1967, Freeman was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in Germany and Thailand. While he was stationed at the Embassy in Bangkok, between 1969 and 1971, he actively began engaging in the exploration and collection of ancient bronzes and other works of art. Upon completing his duty, Freeman arranged for his collection to be shipped to Austria, where it remained in storage until this day.Condition: Very good condition with some wear and casting flaws, few small losses, tiny nicks. The bronze with a rich, dark, naturally grown patina with malachite encrustation.Weight: 977.8 gDimensions: Height 27.5 cmAuction result comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's New York, 23 July 2020, lot 37Price: USD 9,375 or approx. EUR 10,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A bronze figure of Vishnu, Khmer, 10th-11th centuryExpert remark: Compare the related casting and similar pedestal, positioning of hands, and size (27.2 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's New York, 21 September 2007, lot 366Price: USD 21,250 or approx. EUR 29,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A bronze figure of Lokeshvara, Khmer, Angkor Period, Bayon style, 13th centuryExpert remark: Compare the related casting and similar pedestal, positioning of hands, and size (26.5 cm).
A BRONZE STATUE OF VISHNU, KHMER STYLECambodia, 16th century or later. The Preserver of the Universe standing in samabhanga, holding his four arms up, wearing a short pleated sampot drawn up between the legs and secured at the back with distinctive pleated double-anchor folds falling in the front. The serene face sensitively modeled with neatly incised details including almond-shaped eyes and full lips. The hair piled up into an elaborate cylindrical chignon secured by a foliate tiara.Condition: Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosions, encrustations nicks, scratches, flaking, and losses.Provenance: Estate of Paolo Bertuzzi. Paolo Bertuzzi (1943-2022) was a fashion stylist from Bologna, Italy. He was the son of Enrichetta Bertuzzi, founder of Hettabretz, a noted Italian fashion company with customers such as the Rothschild family, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor. Paolo Bertuzzi later took over his mother's business and designed exclusive pieces, some of which were exhibited in the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, USA. He was also an avid collector of antiques for more than 60 years. His collection includes both archaic and contemporary art, and he edited two important books about Asian art, Goa Made - An Archaeological Discovery, about a large-scale archaeological project carried out together with the Italian and Indonesian governments, and Majapahit, Masterpieces from a Forgotten Kingdom.Weight: 4,751 gDimensions: Height 46.7 cm
A KHMER-STYLE BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHAThailand or Cambodia, c. 17th century or later. Cast as Ganesha seated in dhyanasana, holding his broken tusk in his right hand and a bowl of sweets in his left, dressed in a short sampot and adorned in beaded jewelry, the face with almond shaped eyes, the trunk curled upwards, and the head surmounted by a foliate tiara and a conical headdress. Condition: Good condition with minor wear, nicks, scratches, and casting flaws. Fine patina with malachite encrustations.Provenance: German private collection.Scientific Analysis Report: An Expert Report from Antiques Analytics - Institute of Scientific Authenticity Testing, test report number AA 23-04043, dated 19 May 2023, written and signed by Dr. R. Neunteufel, concludes that the observed surface alterations are not in contradiction with the dating above. A copy of the report accompanies this lot. Weight: 6 kgDimensions: Height 26.8 cm
A BRONZE TORCH, KHMER STYLECambodia or Thailand, 17th century or earlier. Heavily cast, topped by a central pricket surrounded by stylized leaves, the staff decorated with a band of deities beneath swirling clouds, each encompassed by a radiating mandorla. A second band of decoration depicting asura with their hands lifted. The finial cast with foliate designs.Condition: Good condition with wear, casting flaws, small cracks, minor dents. The bronze covered in a rich patina with vibrant malachite encrustations.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 1,063 gDimensions: Length 40.7 cm
A LARGE BRONZE OF FIGURE OF VISHNU AND GARUDA, KHMER STYLECambodia or Thailand, 20th century. The four-armed Vishnu stands on the shoulders and tail of the mythical bird Garuda, the first wearing a sampot, adorned in jewelry, and his face with serene expression. Garuda lifting his wings behind his raised arms standing firmly on three-clawed feet.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and casting flaws. Signs of weathering and erosion with a few light nicks here and there.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 5.5 kgDimensions: Height 59.8 cmThis configuration shows Garuda in his role as vahana carrying Vishnu, the god benevolent, guardian and savior of the world protector of humans. The Garuda is a mythical bird that is as well represented in Brahminic iconography as well as Buddhist. His hybrid body is humanoid, his bust and thighs are feathered, its head is that of a bird of prey with a hooked beak, its ears like those of a man.
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNILaos, 16th-17th century. Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus pedestal supported by a plinth base with his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, his left resting on his lap. Dressed in a samghati, his face with a serene expression, downcast eyes, flanked by elongated earlobes, the hair neatly arranged in tight curls around an ushnisha surmounted by a siraspata.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, minuscule nicks, a small loss to the tip of the siraspata. The bronze is covered in a rich, dark patina.Provenance: Danish private collection.Weight: 874 gDimensions: Height 19.2 cm
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, AYUTTHAYA, 17TH CENTURYThailand, Ayutthaya Kingdom (1361-1767). Seated in dhyanasana atop a plinth base with hands folded in dhyana mudra, dressed in elaborate jewelry. His serene face with heavy-lidded downcast eyes below elegantly arched brows, wearing an ornate tiara with floral decoration and a stupa-like, conical-shaped ushnisha.Condition: Wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, small nicks, and a central crack with an associated old repair.Provenance: Danish private collection. The reverse with two old collector's labels.Weight: 717.2 gDimensions: Height 22.4 cm
A THAI BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, AYUTTHAYA STYLEThailand, 17th century or later. Seated in dhyanasana atop a plinth with hands folded in dhyana mudra, dressed in elaborate jewelry. His serene face with heavy-lidded downcast eyes below elegantly arched brows, wearing an ornate tiara with floral decoration and a stupa-like, conical-shaped ushnisha.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, remnants of gilt, small nicks, and the interior filled with the original casting core.Provenance: Danish private collection.Weight: 286.4 gDimensions: Height 17 cm
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, THAILAND, 17TH-18TH CENTURYSeated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with beaded upper edge raised on a faceted plinth, the right hand lowered in bhumisparsha mudra, the left held in dhyanasana above his lap. He is wearing tight-fitting monastic robes draped over his left shoulder. The serene face with a benevolent smile, flanked by long earlobes, the hair in tight curls surmounted by an ushnisha. The front of the plinth incised with an inscription. Inscriptions: Inscribed to the base.Provenance: From a private collection in Finland.Condition: Some wear, casting flaws, scratches, minor losses, small dents, light nicks, minute cracks. The bronze covered in a rich, dark, naturally grown patina with malachite encrustation. Minor areas of corrosion.Weight: 2,208 gDimensions: Height 24 cmAuction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's Paris, 11 December 2020, lot 99Price: EUR 3,780 or approx. EUR 4,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A bronze figure of Buddha, Thailand, 17th-18th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting with similar face, hairstyle, seating pose, and base. Note the different hand pose and larger size (34.7 cm).
A LARGE BRONZE LOTUS-FORM VESSEL DEPICTING BUDDHA, RATTANAKOSIN KINGDOMThailand, Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782-1932). Heavily cast, supported on a round base with lotus petals rising to a short neck to the baluster-shaped body. The cover decorated with a further band of lotus petals and a lotus bud finial topped by a miniature buddha seated in dhyanasana with hands lowered in bhumisparsha mudra atop a double lotus pedestal. The interior is decorated with a secondary miniature Buddha seated in the identical mudra.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, signs of weathering, small encrustations, and minor nicks. The bronze is covered in a dark patina.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 5 kgDimensions: Height 37.2 cm
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, MON DVARAVATI STYLEThailand, 18th century or later. Finely modeled standing in a dynamic pose, reminiscent of tribhanga and similar to contrapposto, his right hand raised in shuni mudra and his left in gyan mudra. His diaphanous robe draped over his left shoulder. The crisply cast serene face with heavy-lidded downcast eyes below gently arched brows centered by an urna, an aquiline nose, and full lips, flanked by long pendulous earlobes. The hair arranged in tight curls around an ushnisha. The bronze with a rich, naturally grown patina with malachite encrustations.Condition: Good condition with wear, casting flaws, small nicks, light scratches, and minor losses. The base of the robe drilled with a hole from sample-taking. The bronze covered in a naturally brown patina with malachite encrustations.Provenance: The collection of Nik Douglas, acquired for the Buckingham Collection. Nik Douglas (1944-2012) was a renowned author, curator, and Asian art expert. Between 1966 and 1974, he traveled through South and Southeast Asia, visiting remote areas of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, and Indonesia, building up his knowledge of the customs, beliefs and spiritual practices of Hindus and Buddhists. He researched Oriental medicine, alchemy, art, sculpture and mysticism, studying with Hindu yogis, Buddhist lamas, and doctors. The Buckingham Collection was built by Nik Douglas, his mother, and his grandfather as well as further collectors in the family. Part of the collection was exhibited in 2010 by The Tibet House, New York, The Buddha Image: Out of Uddiyana.Scientific Analysis Reports: An expert report was conducted by Antiques Analytics at the Institute for Scientific Authenticity Testing, Doctor Robert Neunteufel. The examination concluded, “The results of the metal analysis are in contradiction to a manufacture within the 17th century.” A signed copy of the report, dated 19 May 2023, accompanies this lot. A technical examination was conducted by Podany Conservation Services, USA. The examination report concludes: “The casting technique utilized to produce this object is consistent with ancient and historical approaches…Visual examination did not point to any clear signs of modern manufacture.” A copy of the signed examination report, dated 29 December 2020, accompanies this lot.Weight: 1,958.6 gDimensions: Height 43 cm and 60 cm including the base. 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, 18TH-19TH CENTURYThailand. Finely cast, seated in dhyanasana on a lotus pedestal with a beaded rim, his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra and his left lowered above his lap. Wearing a samghati, covering his left shoulder and pooling elegantly at his feet, his serene face with downcast eyes and his hair arranged in tight curls around a tall ushnisha topped by a jewel.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, and minuscule nicks.Provenance: Danish private collection.Weight: 1,652 gDimensions: Height 20.4 cm
A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE TIGER HERMIT SERMING PRAI 19TH CENTURYThailand, Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782-1932). Finely cast, seated in dhyanasana on a rock base, holding his right hand in abhaya mudra and his left in dhyana mudra. Wearing monastic roves draping over one shoulder and prayer beads, his tiger head rendered in a fierce snarl, its sharp fangs, whiskers, and cat ears finely detailed.Condition: Very good condition with wear, casting flaws, minor signs of weathering, encrustations, and light nicks. The interior filled with the original casting core.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 1,847 gDimensions: 22.6 cmLersi Serming Prai was a hermit sage who lived in the jungle and practiced shamanism. According to folk tradition, he lived during the 16th century in the Ayutthaya kingdom. He practiced the occult art of Ser Serming, and during a spell his head was transformed into that of a tiger. After his death, he was transformed into Lersi Pu Ser and continues his cycle of reincarnation today, manifesting himself to jungle hermits.
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, SUKHOTAI STYLEThailand, style of the Sukhothai Kingdom - 19th century. Seated in dhyanasana on a raised pedestal, the right hand lowered in bhumisparsha mudra, the left held in dhyanasana above his lap. He is wearing tight-fitting monastic robes draped over his left shoulder. The serene face with a benevolent smile, flanked by long earlobes, the hair in tight curls surmounted by an ushnisha. Two small apertures for mounting to the lower back and base.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, small nicks, and small scratches. The interior filled with the original casting core.Provenance: French trade.Weight: 2,653 gDimensions: Height 26.3 cm
A THAI BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA MARAVIJAYA, 19TH CENTURYThailand, 19th century. Seated in maravijaya virasana on a tiered lotus throne. The right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, the left resting on his lap, wearing a samghati, his face with a serene expression and with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, the face flanked by elongated earlobes, his hair tightly curled and surmounted by an ushnisha.Condition: Good condition with some old wear, casting flaws and remnants of old varnish.Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 1.4 kgDimensions: Height 21 cm
A LARGE BRONZE HAND OF BUDDHA, THAILAND, 19TH CENTURYThailand, Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782-1932). Cast with thin and elongated fingers neatly detailed with nails and creases, finely modeled in the vitarka mudra, the gesture of discussion, the palm a central floral medallion with two naturalistic creases that extend to the base of the wrist which is covered by a finely decorated draped sleeve.Condition: Good condition with wear and casting flaws. The bronze with a rich, dark patina with areas of verdigris.Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 902 gDimensions: Length 26.5 cmMounted to a wood stand. (2)
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA MUCHALINDA SURROUNDED BY NAGA, 19TH CENTURYThailand, Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782-1932). Cast seated in meditation on a coiled snake, his hands held in his lap in dhyana mudra, wearing an elaborately decorated dhoti, the face with a benign expression flanked by pendulous earlobes, the hair arranged in tight curls around a high ushnisha surmounted by a siraspata.Condition: Fair condition with wear, casting flaws, some losses to gilding, minor nicks, and the head of one snake reattached. The interior filled with the original casting core.Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 5,782 gDimensions: Height 39.5 cmThis iconic image of Siddartha Gautama's pursuit of enlightenment shows the scene when torrential rain threatened to drown him. The king of the nagas, Muchalinda, rose from the earth, coiling his body to form a seat swelling his great hood to shelter Buddha beneath his nine-headed canopy.Auction result comparison: Compare a related gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Muchalinda, 42 cm high, also dated 19th century, at Lempertz, Cologne, 24 June 2021, lot 69 (sold for EUR 2,500).
A KHMER STONE AND BRONZE NECKLACE, 8TH - 10TH CENTURYCambodia, 8th - 10th century or earlier. The necklace comprising various stone beads slightly different in shape and size, and nine bronze pendants, all tied together by a fabric string.Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, with signs of weathering and encrustations.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 69.6 gDimensions: Length 32.5 cm (when fastened)
TWO PAINTED POTTERY VESSELS, BAN CHIANG, 1ST MILLENNIUM BCThailand, Udon Thani Province. Comprising two vases, one of ovoid form with broad shoulders and waisted neck with everted rim, painted with red lines forming a spiral to the body and a band of triangles to the neck, the second vase of globular form surmounted by a waisted neck with flaring rim, decorated with red lines forming geometric designs on the creamy-white ware.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, signs of weathering and erosion, few chips, minor losses, repairs and touch-ups.Provenance: Old Belgian private collection.Weight: 5.8 kg and 9.2kg excl. basesDimensions: Height circa 37 cm and 45 cm excl. basesBoth mounted to metal stands.Ban Chiang, denotes an archeological site located in Nong Han district, Udon Thani Province, Thailand. Discovered in 1957, the site attracted enormous publicity due to its distinctive red painted pottery. During the first formal scientific excavation in 1967, archaeologists unearthed several skeletons, together with bronze grave gifts and unglazed earthenware pots which had been low-fired and painted red with unique, highly expressive and characteristic designs.A subsequent excavation at Ban Chiang in 1974-1975 was followed by an article by Chester Gorman and Pisit Charoenwongsa, claiming evidence for the earliest dates in the world for bronze casting and iron working. Subsequent excavations, including that at Ban Non Wat, have now shown that the proposed early dates for Ban Chiang are unlikely. The first datings of the artifacts used the thermoluminescence technique, resulting in a range from 4420-3400 BC, which would have made the site the earliest Bronze Age culture in the world. These dates stirred worldwide interest. Thermoluminescence dating of pottery was at the time an experimental technique and had been applied to Ban Chiang sherds of uncertain provenance. However, with the 1974-1975 excavation, sufficient material became available for radiocarbon dating. Re-analysis by radiocarbon dating suggested that a more likely date for the earliest metallurgy at Ban Chiang was c. 2000-1700 BCE. A date of 2100 BCE was obtained from rice phytoliths taken from inside a vessel taken from the lowest grave, which had no metal remains. The youngest grave was about 200 CE. Bronze making began circa 2000 BCE, as evidenced by crucibles and other fragments. A contrasting analysis was conducted by Charles Higham of the University of Otago using the bones of the people who lived at Ban Chiang and the bones of animals interred with them. The resulting determinations were analyzed using Bayesian statistics and the results suggested that the initial settlement of Ban Chiang took place about 1500 BCE, with the transition to the Bronze Age about 1000 BCE. The chronology of Ban Chiang metallurgy is still in considerable dispute.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related vase, dated 5th century BC to 5th century AD, in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1974,0617.1.
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A MAN, DONG SON CULTUREVietnam, 500 BC to 300 AD. Modeled as a man standing on a round pedestal, his face neatly detailed with protruding eyes, large eyebrows, and full lips forming a smile, his hands clasped in front of him. Clothed in heavy robes flaring out with a central sash over the chest and tied at the waist by a belt.Condition: Condition commensurate with age. Traces of soil likely from a prolonged period of burial, extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, losses, corrosion, nicks, and a small repair to the base.Provenance: Estate of Paolo Bertuzzi, acquired in the Bangkok art market, by repute. Paolo Bertuzzi (1943-2022) was a fashion stylist from Bologna, Italy. He was the son of Enrichetta Bertuzzi, founder of Hettabretz, a noted Italian fashion company with customers such as the Rothschild family, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor. Paolo Bertuzzi later took over his mother's business and designed exclusive pieces, some of which were exhibited in the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, USA. He was also an avid collector of antiques for more than 60 years. His collection includes both archaic and contemporary art, and he edited two important books about Asian art, Goa Made - An Archaeological Discovery, about a large-scale archaeological project carried out together with the Italian and Indonesian governments, and Majapahit, Masterpieces from a Forgotten Kingdom.Weight: 403 gDimensions: Height 21.1 cm
A PAIR OF VIETNAMESE SILVER INLAID BRONZE VASES, 19th CENTURYVietnam, late 19th century. Of elongated pear shape with slender necks and flared rims, rising from an integral stepped openwork stand supported on three ruyi-shaped feet. Inlaid in silver and red enamel with dignitaries on horseback, accompanied by their servants on an outdoor setting, a geometric band below the lip. Condition: Very good condition with some wear, small nicks, minor casting flaws and few minor losses to the inlays. Provenance: Danish private collection. Weight: 3,229 g (total) Dimensions: Height 31 cm (each)
A PAIR OF BRONZE 'FROG AND BULL' RITUAL BANGLES, DONG SON STYLEVietnam, 20th century or earlier. Each of circular form, the top incised with spiral designs and transversal ridges, one surmounted by four frogs, the other by four bull heads. The sides with a slit.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Weight: 396 g Dimensions: Diameter 11.5 cm and 13 cm
A BURMESE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, 19TH CENTURYBurma/ Myanmar, Mandalay period. Cast seated in dyhanasana on a tiered base, his left hand resting on his lap and his right lowered in bhumisparsha mudra, wearing monastic robes with decorative hems; the face with a subtle smile, with downcast eyes below gently arched eyebrows, and flanked by elongated earlobes, the hair in tight curls and surmounted by a tall ushnisha.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, small nicks, scratches, dents, and casting flaws.Provenance: Old Belgian private collection. A copy of a signed authentication certificate from Royal Art, accompanies this lot.Weight: 13.4 kgDimensions: Height 58 cm
A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF A CAPARISONED DEER, 19TH CENTURYBurma, 19th century. Finely cast, the recumbent six-point stag extending one front leg forward, delicately bending the other. A saddle blanket with tassels resting on its back, decorated with foliate designs and star-shaped medallions, with a large necklace draped around its neck and jeweled pendants on its head and legs.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, encrustations, and small nicks.Provenance: Estate of Wolfgang Zacke (1942-2022), co-founder of Galerie Zacke, thence by descent.Weight: 4.7 kgDimensions: Length 37.4 cm
A HEAVY BRONZE TEMPLE BELL, 19TH CENTURYBurma, 19th century. Heavily cast with multiple raised horizontal bands encircling the body, a flared mouth, and a double-foliate band on the shoulder. The top surmounted by a suspension loop formed by twin chinthe (lions), their mouths open in a fierce snarl.Condition: Good condition with wear, signs of weathering and erosion, casting flaws, nicks, scratches, and minor losses.Provenance: Danish private collection.Weight: 9 kgDimensions: Height 31.8 cm
A GROUP OF BRONZE BURMESE TATTOO PENS, 19TH CENTURYBurma, 19th century. Comprised of nine tattoo pens and three inserts. Each pen is comprised of a needle and an ink tube. The inserts are cast with Nat spirits. The longest pen is finely engraved in foliate design, tapering to a needle point and the other end fixed with a stupa-shaped attachment.Condition: Good condition with wear, traces of use, dents, small nicks, encrustations, and shallow scratches.Provenance: Old Belgian private collection.Weight: 1,505 gDimensions: Length 33 cm (longest)
A LARGE BRONZE DOTAKU (BELL), LATE YAYOI PERIODJapan, 1st-3rd centuryThe hollow body designed with rows of horizontal and vertical lines, applied with flanges along the sides and an arch across the top, cast with geometric designs along the handle. The bell produces a good sound when struck.WEIGHT 10.6 kgHEIGHT 54.7 cmCondition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, expected dents, and small nicks.Produced during the late Yayoi period, the distinctive clapperless Japanese bronze bells known as dotaku are thought to derive from earlier, smaller Korean examples that adorned horses and other domesticated animals. Dotaku were buried, singly, in pairs, and in large groups—occasionally with bronze mirrors and weapons—in isolated locations, often on hilltops, perhaps to ensure a community's agricultural fertility. Later dotaku had relatively thin walls and would not resonate, so it assumed their purpose was primarily ritual.Museum literature:A closely related dotaku (bronze bell) is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 18.68.
A BRONZE JAVANESE 'LION' TEMPLE BELLJava, 15th century or later. The domed bell flaring towards the ringed lip, surmounted by a handle rendered with concentric, vajra-like ridges, with a figural lion finial. The clapper cast separately and attached to a loop inside the bell. The bell is functional and when moved, it makes a deep and ringing sound.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, and minor nicks. The bronze is covered in a dark patina with malachite encrustations.Provenance: Viennese private estate.Weight: 809.3 gDimensions: Height 24 cm
A BRONZE TEMPLE BELL, 17TH CENTURY OR EARLIERJava, 17th century or earlier. The domed bell flaring towards the lip, surmounted by a handle rendered with concentric, Vajra-like ridges, with a finial in the form of a seated rakshasa. The clapper cast separately and attached to a loop inside the bell. The bell is functional and when moved, it makes a deep and ringing sound.Condition: Good condition with wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, and few casting flaws. The bronze is covered in a rich, naturally grown patina with malachite encrustations.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 611.5 gDimensions: Height 19.6 cm
AN INDONESIAN BRONZE MIRROR, 19TH CENTURYJava, 19th century or earlier. The back of the circular dish with concentric rings encircled by a raised ridge. The handle cast with ornamental designs.Condition: Good condition with some wear and casting flaws. Covered in malachite-green patina.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Weight: 388 g Dimensions: Height 26.5 cm
A PAIR OF SUPERB TAKAOKA GOLD-INLAID BRONZE 'MYTHICAL BEASTS' KORO (INCENSE BURNERS) AND COVERSAttributed to Ohashi San'emon (1851-1895), unsignedJapan, Takaoka, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)Finely decorated in gold, silver, and shakudo takazogan, each censer of compressed globular form, inlaid to one side with a winged mythical beast chasing a ribboned vase and to the other with a ribboned vase flanked by a fan and a reishi cloud, the shoulder applied with baku-form handles suspending loose gold rings, the domed cover decorated with gold-inlaid swirling clouds above a lappet border and surmounted by a baying kirin, raised on three elongated legs encircled by three-clawed dragons and centered by a gold tama, above an elaborately cast and openworked tiered hexagonal base.HEIGHT 38 cm and 37.5 cmWEIGHT 2,802 and 2,816 gCondition: Very good condition with minor wear and few minuscule nicks.The history of casting copper alloys in Takaoka, the provincial capital of Etchu (present day Toyama Prefecture), is reputed to date to the early Edo period, the industry encouraged by the local feudal government as a source of income. Around 1830, new sales venues were developed, extending from Edo city to the northern-most part of the Japanese archipelago, eventually expanding to overseas export markets during the Bakumatsu era.Compare the design of the present koro to a drawing of a koro made by Ohashi San'emon in Meiji 27 (1894) to celebrate the 25th year wedding anniversary for the Meiji Emperor.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A HEAVY BRONZE STUPA WITH FOUR CARDINAL BUDDHASSoutheast Asia, 19th-early 20th century. Heavily cast, the Buddhas are seated along the exterior of the stupa, each holding their right hand in bhumisparsha mudra and their left in dhyana mudra. The stepped stupa with a square base and rounded sides rising to a narrow point.Condition: Good condition with wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, and small nicks. Casting flaws including cracks with associated old touchups.Provenance: Old Belgian private collection.Weight: 3,788 gDimensions: Height 33.8 cm
A BRONZE 'PROCESSION OF ANIMALS' MIRRORSoutheast Asia, 17th century or earlier. The back of the mirror cast with a central zoomorphic medallion enclosed within lotus petals and radiating bands of animal processions separated by scrolling foliage. The rim cast with birds and the handle with a standing figure. The face of the mirror with a floral medallion at the base.Condition: Very good condition with wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, small nicks, scratches, rubbing, and small losses.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 1,136 gDimensions: Height 44.6 cm
A TALL AND IMPRESSIVE PARCEL GILT BRONZE KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER, ATTRIBUTED TO THE MIYAO COMPANYJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912) The koro of rounded square form, fitted with a metal inset, the sides with two shaped panels in gold, copper, and shakudo takazogan to depict a rakan and oni conversing, the arhat wearing loose robes and holding a small figure of Kannon while the demon holds a staff, the reverse panel depicting pheasants and peony, the body cast with raised floral diaper and foliate designs against an archaistic scroll ground and flanked by two scrolling cloud-form handles. The cover similarly cast and surmounted by a boy wearing a gold-inlaid robe decorated with clouds and flowers, standing in a dynamic pose beside a red-capped crane with silvered body and plumage. The vessel is supported on four long legs issuing from fierce dragon heads atop a tiered base which is crisply cast with stylized butterflies surrounding a ho-o bird against a diapered ground, a superbly patinated and gold-inlaid figure of Kannon wearing a long flowing robe with deeply incised folds standing atop the base which is raised on four short feet decorated with gold-inlaid ho-o birds. Unsigned, however confidently attributed to the Miyao company of Yokohama.HEIGHT 91 cm WEIGHT 14.6 kg Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, minimal casting flaws, few minuscule nicks, occasional light surface scratches. Founded by Miyao Eisuke, the Miyao Company of Yokohama specialized in the manufacture of bronze sculptures, embellished with gold and silver as well as patinated copper alloys, that represent generic samurai warriors as well as more precisely identifiable characters from Japanese myth and legend. In addition, the company also made a smaller number of pieces in other formats such as incense burners, vases, and chargers.Auction comparison:Compare a related parcel gilt bronze censer, measuring 44.5 cm, also with rakan and oni motif and by the Miyao company, sold at Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 4 June 2021, Vienna, lot 6 (sold for 17,696 EUR).13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
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