Page 159 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke

855 | A PERSIAN CARVED WOOD CHEST
WITH IRON HANDLES AND FITTINGS,
17TH-18TH CENTURY

Persia. The chest standing on four feet and with carved and
850 | A MESOPOTAMIAN BASALT incised geometric decorations, iron handles and fittings.
DUCK WEIGHT, c. 2000 BC
Condition: Extensive wear, minor losses, and chipping.
Mesopotamia, around 2000 BC. The volcanic rock finely carved
Provenance: Austrian private collection. Acquired locally, by
and polished, depicting a recumbent duck with its head and beak
repute before 1980.
resting on its back, with a crescent moon in relief on one side to
the head and incised inscriptions on the other.
Dimensions: Size 42.5 x 37.3 x 21.1 cm.
Estimate EUR 400,-
849 | A SEPIK RIVER ORATOR’S SEAT, Condition: Excellent condition with few minor traces of wear and Starting price EUR 200,-
EARLY 20TH CENTURY losses, with a fine patina.
Provenance: Austrian private collection. By repute acquired
Papua New Guinea, early 20th century. The orator’s seat or between 1990 and 2000 in the local auction market.
‘Speaking Chair’ with a pierced pattern standing on four rests with
a rectangular base. Weight: 1,264 g. 854 | A MAYAN BROWN-GLAZED TERRACOTTA
Dimensions: Length 15.8 cm. HEAD FRAGMENT OF A DEITY
Condition: Extensive wear, traces of use, age cracks and some Estimate EUR 2.000,- Maya culture. The face with a noble expression with large eyes
losses. Starting price EUR 1.000,- and nose, full lips, wearing earrings, protruding breasts, incised
infinity symbol-like halo above the head.
Provenance: Austrian private collection. Acquired locally, by
repute before 1980.
Weight: 3,684 g. 852 | A 14K YELLOW GOLD, CORAL AND JADE Condition: Extensive wear, patina, and losses.
Dimensions: Height 32.0 cm. ‘DEER’S HEAD’ BROOCH, c. 1900-1930 Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Estimate EUR 400,- The back of the brooch crafted from 14K yellow gold in the Weight: 294.9 g.
Starting price EUR 200,- form of a cross within a circle, set with a coral deer’s head in the Dimensions: Height 11.1 cm.
center, flanked by two freshwater pearls and with spinach-green
jade pine trees below and a turquoise and pearl flower above, Estimate EUR 200,-
surrounded by coral beads and further pearls. Starting price EUR 100,-
851 | A PAIR OF CHINESE INLAID
WALL PANELS, LATE QING
Condition: Excellent
China, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912). This pair of Chinese inlaid condition with few minor 856 | A PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA
wall panels offers very fine depictions of two ladies, both under traces of wear. EWER AND WORSHIPPER FIGURE
willow trees, one harvesting algae with lotus also seen in the Provenance: Austrian
image and the other inside a junk and holding a fan. Ivory and private collection. America, probably 15th – 16th century or earlier. The ewer
boxwood inlays on rosewood, root and rosewood frames with modeled as a mythical beast with a wide-open mouth, fangs, and
ornamental brass suspensions. Weight: 9.7 g. a fierce expression, while the other figure shows a worshipper
Dimensions: Diameter sitting cross-legged with bent arms and wearing round prominent 857 | 22 HEADS AND FIGURES –
2.8 cm. earrings. (2) PRE-COLUMBIAN ERA
Condition: Overall good condition with few cracks and signs of
age. Hallmarked “1 H” on the Pre-Columbian Era, 900 BC - 1500 AD. A group of 22 different
Provenance: Galerie Zacke archive. needle. Condition: Remains of cold painting, extensive wear, chipping, figurines, 17 head fragments and 5 full body figures.
and losses.
Dimensions: Size incl. frame 57 x 27.3 cm each. Estimate EUR 300,- Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Starting price EUR 150,- Condition: Some repairs, material losses or chips – still
Estimate EUR 300,- Weight: 588.8 g in total. appealing optical appearance.
Starting price EUR 150,- Dimensions: Height 11.8 and 12.1 cm. Provenance: Galerie Zacke archive.
853 | A PAIR OF ‘DOCTOR’S LADY’ BOY AND GIRL Estimate EUR 400,- Dimensions: Height 4 to 18 cm.
MINIATURE DOLLS, 19TH CENTURY Starting price EUR 200,-
Estimate EUR 400,-
Asia, 19th century. The miniature dolls with the original painting, Starting price EUR 200,-
silk dresses and pearl borders, depicting a boy and girl with
visible genitalia, used for educational purposes or to allow a
patient to indicate the location of their discomfort without
showing or pointing to their own body. (2)

Condition: Good
condition with minor
wear, losses, and soiling.
Provenance: Croatian
private collection.
Weight: 4.6 g in total.
Dimensions: Length
6.0 cm each.

Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,-

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