809 | Asian Art Highlights

Auction: 6th.- 8th. December 2022
Viewing: 2th – 5th. December 2022, 11 – 17 pm

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI STANDING ON A LOTUS BASE

Tibeto-Chinese, 18th c.
H. 52 cm
Bavarian private collection, acquired at Christie’s London, 4 July 1985, lot 261

A RARE AND FINELY CAST GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED COWRIE SHELL STAG MAT WEIGHT

China, Han dynasty
L. 9,2 cm
Important Austrian private collection, bought from E. & J. Frankel, New York, in 1994

AN EXTREMELY RARE AND EXCELLENT BRONZE FIGURE OF INDRA

Himalayas region/Nepal, 13th c.
H. 22,2 cm
Collection of Gerd-Wolfgang Essen, assembled in the 1950s to 1980s

A RARE ARCHAIC MOTTLED-GREEN JADE VESSEL ‘CONG’

China, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture
4,6 x 4,5 x 3,1 cm
Important Austrian private collection, acquired in the 1980s

A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA

China, Sui or early Tang dynasty
H. 20,8 cm
Important Austrian private collection, acquired from E. & J. Frankel in New Yorkin the early 1990s, according to their information from an old New York private collection

A SMALL RARE BRONZE CHIMERA-FORM VESSEL

China, Han dynasty to Six dynasties period, ca. 4th – 3rd c. BC.
L. 11 cm
Important Austrian private collection, according to records acquired in the 1980s from Susan Chen in Hongkong

A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA

Nepal, 15. c.
H. 20,8 cm
Old European private collection, in the family since the 1980s

A FINE CARVED GREEN AND RUSSET JADE BOULDER WITH QIANLONG POEM

China, 18. c.
16 x 23 x 2,5 cm
Important Austrian private collection, according to records acquired at Lempertz in Cologne in the 1970s or 1980s

Figure of Takkiraja

Tibet, 14./15. ct.
H. 27,2 cm
Provenienz: Aus einer bedeutenden europäischen Privatsammlung, publiziert Galerie Asboth, Wien, 1993

A VERY RARE AND EXCELLENT IMPERIAL KINGFISHER FEATHER AND IVORY PANAL IN A CARVED ZITAN FRAME

China, Qianlong period
111 x 149 x 6,3 cm
Provenance: Old German private collection, acquired prior to 1970

A RARE IMPERIAL TRIBUTE IVORY AND LACQUER PANEL

China, Qianlong period
Provenance: Property from an important german private collection – published Spink & Sons Ltd. ‘The minor arts of China‘, 1987, No. 49

A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE CHAIRS

China, Qing dynasty
H. 99,5 cm
Provenance: Old German private collection, acquired in 1997

A RARE THANGKA DEPICTING VAISHRAVANA

Tibet, 15. ct.
37 x 35,5 cm
Provenance: Important german private collection of tibetan bronzes and 60 Thangka, mainly acquired at Schoettle East Asian Art Stuttgart, between 1968 and 1981

A LARGE AND MASSIVE GILT-BRONZE GROUP OF BHAIRAVA

Nepal, ca. 17. ct.
H. 54 cm
Published Tibetica 37, Schoettle East Asian Art, Stuttgart, April 1979, No. 2154

A FINE THANGKA WITH SUPERB BROCADE MOUNTS OF HEVAJRA AND NAIRATMYA

Tibet, 18. ct.
67 x 45 cm (145 x 70,5 cm)
Provenance: Important german private collection of tibetan bronzes and 60 Thangka, mainly acquired at Schoettle East Asian Art Stuttgart, between 1968 and 1981

A VERY RARE CALCIFIED JADE FIGURE OF A SEATED MAN

China, Han dynasty
H. 5,5 cm
Provenance: Property from an important franconian private collection, bought at Christie’s London, 6.6.1988, Lot 35

A RARE AND FINE SILK APPLICATION THANGKA DEPICTING PADMASAMBHAVA

Bhutan, 18. ct.
61 x 50 cm (130 x 85 cm)
Provenance: Important german private collection of tibetan bronzes and 60 Thangka, mainly acquired at Schoettle East Asian Art Stuttgart, between 1968 and 1981

AN IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS

China, Kangxi period
H. 44,5 cm
Provenance: From an old Viennese private collection, assembled before World War II

A RARE THANGKA OF JONANG TARANATHA (1575-1634)

Central Tibet, 17th c.
69 x 48 cm
Provenance: European private collection, Himalayan Art Resources item no.23550

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL- AND IVORY-INLAID SHIBAYAMA DISPLAY CABINET

Japan, Meiji period
243 x 144 x 50 cm
Provenance: German private collection, acquired around 1900