Page 121 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke

735 | A NEPALESE BRONZE
FIGURE OF GREEN TARA 738 | A RUBY-INLAID
GILT BRONZE
Nepal, 19th – 1st half of 20th century. FIGURE
Seated on an unsealed double lotus OF SARASVATI
base in lalitasana, flanked by closed PLAYING
lotus stems, wearing a dhoti and THE VINA
elaborate jewelry around the neck and
arms as well as on the ears, the figure Himalayas, 20th century.
with finely chased decorations. The deity seated in royal
ease and playing the vina,
a stringed instrument,
Condition: Good condition with minor adorned with jewelry, inlaid
wear and few small losses, fine patina. with ruby corundum and
Provenance: German private other semi-precious stones,
collection. her hair and crown finely
incised. Modern wood base.
Weight: 2,430 g (2)
Dimensions: Height 29.3 cm.

Estimate EUR 1.200,- Condition: Good condition
Starting price EUR 600,- with minor wear, the gilt
partly abraded, with minor
dents and nicks.
Provenance: French private
collection.

736 | A NEPALESE BRONZE FIGURE OF Weight: 3,718 g in total.
GREEN TARA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY Dimensions: Height 35.7 cm.
Estimate EUR 1.500,-
Nepal, 18th – 19th century. Seated in lalitasana on
Starting price EUR 750,-
an unsealed openwork lotus base, from which lotus
stems spring flanking the arms, dressed in a dhoti and
adorned with jewelry, the serene face with downcast
eyes surmounted by a three-leaf tiara in front of a high
chignon.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and small 739 | A NEPALESE COPPER AND SILVER REPOUSSÉ 740 | A NEPALESE BRONZE FIGURE OF INDRA,
dents and nicks, good patina. FIGURE OF DURGA MAHISHASURA MARDINI, 18th-19th CENTURY
Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert 18TH-19TH CENTURY
(1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Nepal, 18th – 19th century. The massive bronze with
Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first Nepal, 18th – 19th century. Within a ring of fire that seems semiprecious stone inlays depicting the deity seated in
governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, to extend from her radiating eighteen arms, showing various maharajalilasana (royal ease), dressed in a dhoti, adorned with
Croatia and Slovenia. mudras and holding weapons and other attributes, the goddess jewels and a crown, the left hand holding a flower stem with a
Durga slays the buffalo demon Mahishasura, one of her feet vajra on top and rising over the shoulder.
Weight: 332.4 g. resting on a Buddhist lion. Unsealed.
Dimensions: Height 11.2 cm.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting flaws as
Estimate EUR 1.000,- Condition: Extensive wear and minor losses, traces of gilt, patina well as a fine patina.
Starting price EUR 500,- and soil encrustation. Provenance: French private estate.
Provenance: Czech private collection.
Weight: 1,300 g.
Weight: 53.5 g. Dimensions: Height 14.6 cm.
737 | A NEPALESE Dimensions: Height 10.2 cm.
BRONZE JAMBHALA, Estimate EUR 800,-
19th CENTURY Estimate EUR 800,- Starting price EUR 400,-
Starting price EUR 400,-
Nepal. The god of wealth Jambhala
sitting on an ornate pedestal, holding
a jewel in his right hand and a
jewel-spitting mongoose in his left;
surrounded by wafting heavenly bands.
The base sealed and with a double-
vajra symbol.

Condition: Good condition with old
wear and good natural patina.
Provenance: Austrian Private
collection.
Weight: 562 g.
Dimensions: Height 13.5 cm.

Estimate EUR 700,-
Starting price EUR 350,-

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