Page 15 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke

392 | A TL-TESTED TERRACOTTA FIGURE 395 | A GLAZED TERRACOTTA
OF A COURT LADY, TANG FIGURE OF A DIGNITARY
RIDING AN ELEPHANT,
China, 618-907. Wearing long robes with hanging MID-QING
sleeves almost covering her entire body, the face with
a noble expression, the hair tied to a chignon. China, mid-Qing dynasty (1644-1912). The
rider and elephant both modeled in an
animated fashion. The remains of cement on
Condition: Patina, wear, losses, and chipping, as the back suggest this piece was used as a roof
expected on an excavation of this age. tile or wall decoration. Associated hardwood
Provenance: Austrian private collection. Includes a base. (2)
TL-test from ASA Francine Maurer (reference 37.10.14
– (2/1/4) TL 210.147) confirming the age of this piece
of around 1,250 years. Condition: Good condition with minor losses,
old wear and traces of use.
Weight: 376.5 g. Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Dimensions: Height 24.3 cm.
Weight: 2,420 g.
Estimate EUR 1.200,- Dimensions: Height 28.7 cm incl. base.
Starting price EUR 600,-
Estimate EUR 600,-
Starting price EUR 300,-

396 | TRIPOD VESSEL WITH LID,
393 | FOUR MINIATURE TERRACOTTA WESTERN HAN
‘FAT LADIES’, TANG DYNASTY
China, 206 BC - 9 AD. Terracotta with original
China, 617-907. Terracotta with painting. Four expressive terracotta
painting. This vessel was not used for cooking,
figures depicting fat ladies, with original painting.
and certainly not as a part of the burial
arrangement, but rather served as a symbol
for prosperity and status. Characteristic of the
Condition: The porcelain and inside-painted snuff bottle in good
vessel is its round form set atop with a three
condition. The glass bottle damaged and glued in several areas.
small, but powerful, zoomorphic legs as well
Provenance: Galerie Zacke archive.
as vertically flanging handles located on the
sides. The painting, applied onto a dark-gray
Dimensions: Height 7.6 – 9 cm.
background, features the colors white, light
blue and red soil. The patterns are quite freely
Estimate EUR 200,-
and generously painted and derived from
Starting price EUR 100,-
those on old bronzes. The painting is especially
well preserved on the vaulted lid.
Condition: Complete, age-related condition.
The paint well preserved.
Provenance: Collection of Herbert Keuper,
Germany.
Dimensions: Height 16 cm.
394 | A TERRACOTTA A very similar, approximately same-sized piece,
FIGURE OF excavated in Luoyang (Henan) is reproduced in
BUDDHA, Treasures from the Han, on page 90.
19TH CENTURY
Estimate EUR 900,-
Southeast Asia. Seated in Starting price EUR 450,-
padmasana on a double
lotus base, wearing long
robes opening at the chest,
the tight curls surmounted 397 | A TERRACOTTA FIGURE
by an ushnisha and flanked OF A GUARDIAN, HAN
by long earlobes.
China, 206 BC–220 AD. Elegantly modeled and
with original cold painting.
Condition: Extensive
moss green patina, soiling,
flakes, chips, exposed to Condition: Patina, wear, losses, and chipping,
weathering in a castle as expected on an excavation of this age.
garden for at least 100 Provenance: German private collection.
years.
Provenance: From a lady of Standing on a rectangular acrylic glass base. (2)
nobility.
Weight: 3,762 g.
Dimensions: Height 88 cm. Dimensions: Height 48.1 cm.

Estimate EUR 1.000,- Estimate EUR 800,-
Starting price EUR 500,- Starting price EUR 400,-

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