Page 128 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke

758 | A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF 761 | BRONZE IMMORTAL WITH WATER JAR, QING
AVALOKITESVARA, 20TH CENTURY
China, 19th century. Fine figure, possibly a fairy and an
China. Seated in padmasana on a sealed lotus base, the main accompanying figure of Xiwangmu (“The Queen Mother of the
hands in anjali mudra, the others holding lotus flower and prayer West”), clad in a noble long robe with artemisia, and bearing a ruyi-
beads, wearing an elegant dhoti incised with scrolling borders symbol on her breast. The face is delicate and with a slightly smiling
and beaded jewelry, the head with a five-leaf crown, the ushnisha expression, the hair coiffed in a top knot. With separately casted
surmounted by a miniature Amitabha. hands, one holding the jar containing the elixir of immortality.

Condition: Soiling, some spotting to gilt, wear and dark patina. Condition: Deep blackening and patina, some fingers lost, and
Provenance: Belgian private collection. head reattached but overall in good condition.
Provenance: German private collection.
Weight: 1,720 g.
Dimensions: Height 22.0 cm. Dimensions: Height 24 cm.
Estimate EUR 1.000,- Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 500,- Starting price EUR 150,-

762 | A BRONZE DIGNITARY, MING
759 | AN AMITAYUS BRONZE, China, 1368-1644. Cast seated on a rocky throne, dressed in
QIANLONG MARK & PERIOD a flowing robe with a rectangular rank badge in high relief and
holding a scepter. The face with a graceful expression. Note the
China, dated 1780. Dressed as a bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana characteristic five-pointed beard.
upon a square base borne at the corners by stylized vajra with
scrolled terminals, the hands in dhyanamudra, adorned with high
foliate crown, earrings and pectoral, with a cascading cloth falling at Condition: Good natural patina with remnants of lacquer gilding.
the front above the neatly incised nine-character reign mark. Malachite encrustations mostly on the inside. Unsealed. Old wear
and some tiny nicks here and there.
Provenance: English private collection.
Condition: Kalasa and mandorla lost. One earring slightly bent.
Heat damage and related losses to chest. The complete figure Weight: 575.9 g.
bears a later red lacquer coating, possibly applied to cover Dimensions: Height 15.5 cm.
extensive wear to gilding underneath, which is still visible in a few
places. Estimate EUR 300,-
Provenance: Boston private estate, USA. Starting price EUR 150,-
Weight: 1303.1 g.
Dimensions: Height 18 cm.

Estimate EUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 250,-

760 | A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF
A FEMALE DEITY, MID-QING
763 | A BRONZE FIGURE OF
China, 1750-1850. The figure cast and incised, wearing a heavy A TEMPLE GUARDIAN, MING
coat and a leaf skirt, standing on an associated European Art Deco
facetted onyx base from c. 1920. (2) China, 1368-1644. Heavily cast with a fierce expression, the temple
guardian is wearing a long robe with flowing bands, the hair and
other details finely incised.
Condition: The figure with a single hole drilled in the back, old
wear and traces of use, in good condition, the base with wear and
some chipping. Condition: Good condition with some wear and minor abrasions.
Provenance: Latvian private collection. Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Weight: 1,228 g in total. Weight: 2,882 g.
Dimensions: Height 21.6 cm. Dimensions: Height 29.2 cm.

Estimate EUR 700,- Estimate EUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 350,- Starting price EUR 250,-

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