Page 130 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke
P. 130

764  |  A GILT COPPER-ALLOY BUDDHA, QING                                                                                                                                                    766  |  A LACQUER-GILT AND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                CARVED WOOD FIGURE
              China, 18th-19th century. The majestic deity is well cast seated                                                                                                                                  OF BUDDHA, LATE MING
              in dhyanasana with one hand in bhumisparsa mudra, the other                                                                                                                                       TO EARLIER QING
              resting in his lap in the gesture of meditation, richly gilt overall.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          China, 17th century. Original lacquer gilt
                                                                                                                                                                                                          and cold painting, the Buddha seated
              Condition: Old wear and minor nicks here and there. Overall                                                                                                                                 in padmasana and showing the dhyana
              good condition. Bowl lost. Sealed, but the base plate likely a later                                                                                                                        mudra, the face showing a serene
              replacement.                                                                                                                                                                                expression with downcast eyes, long
              Provenance: From the collection of Alexander Popov in Novi Sad,                                                                                                                             earlobes and a gentle smile.
              Kingdom of Serbia, acquired between 1900-1920.

              Weight: 671.8 g.                                                                                                                                                                            Condition: The lacquer in good
              Dimensions: Height 15.2 cm.                                                                                                                                                                 condition, especially when considering
                                                                                                                                                                                                          the age of the piece, but with many small
              Wearing an intricately executed robe gathered in cascading folds                                                                                                                            cracks and some losses, few touch-ups,
              at the shoulder and at his ankles, his rounded face with downcast                                                                                                                           wormholes and cracks to the base,
              eyes, bow-shaped mouth flanked by long pendulous ear lobes, his                                                                                                                             soiling.
              hair arranged in tight curls rising to a domed ushnisha.                                                                                                                                    Provenance: Croatian private collection.

              Estimate EUR 1.500,-                                                                                                                                                                        Weight: 719.2 g.
              Starting price EUR 750,-                                                                                                                                                                    Dimensions: Height 27.0 cm.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Estimate EUR 1.200,-
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Starting price EUR 600,-

















                                                                                                                                            767  |  A LARGE CARVED
                                                                                                                                                  WOOD FIGURE OF
                                                                                                                                                  BUDDHA, MING

                                                                                                                                            China, 1368-1644. Seated
                                                                                                                                            in padmasana, one hand in
                                                                                765  |  A LARGE CARVED                                      vitarkamudra and the other
                                                                                      WOOD FIGURE OF                                        holding an amrita vessel,
                                                                                      GUANYIN, MING                                         wearing long robes falling into
                                                                                                                                            voluminous folds and opening
                                                                                China, 1368-1644. The                                       at the chest, the face with a
                                                                                bodhisattva seated in                                       benevolent expression and
                                                                                padmasana on a double lotus                                 downcast eyes, a gentle smile,
                                                                                base, one hand showing the                                  long earlobes and tightly curled
                                                                                shuni mudra, wearing long                                   hair.
                                                                                flowing robes, a bejeweled
                                                                                necklace and a high tiara.
                                                                                                                                            Condition: Old wear and
                                                                                                                                            abrasions, remnants of
                                                                                Condition: Condition as                                     pigment and lacquer, losses
                                                                                seen with massive age crack,                                and age cracks, old filling.
                                                                                extensive weathering and                                    Overall in well-presentable
                                                                                losses, and calcification.                                  condition, with issues as
                                                                                Provenance: The Reinhold                                    expected on a wood statue of
                                                                                Hofstätter collection, Vienna,                              this age.
                                                                                and thence by decent.                                       Provenance: From a private
                                                                                Acquired in Austria before                                  estate, by repute in the same
                                                                                1980, by repute from a Lady of                              family since the early 20th
                                                                                Nobility.                                                   century.
                                                                                Weight: 7.2 kg.                                             Weight: 19.4 kg.
                                                                                Dimensions: Height 72.9 cm.                                 Dimensions: Height 73.0 cm.

                                                                                Estimate EUR 1.500,-                                        Estimate EUR 1.500,-
                                                                                Starting price EUR 750,-                                    Starting price EUR 750,-




            242                                                                                                                                                                                                                   243
   125   126   127   128   129   130   131   132   133   134   135