ASIAN ART
AUCTION
Monday 15 December 2025,
from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-213) and from 2.30 p.m. (lots 214-563)
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Lot 81
Folding screen
China , 20 th century
Six panels, lacquered and painted wood, the front with a composition with female figures in a landscape with pavilions, rocks and trees, the back with flowers and auspicious objects.
72.2 x 95.9 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 82
Pair of pillar carpets
China, Ningxia, 20th century
Orange ground and polychrome decoration of dragons flying amidst clouds and darts in pursuit of the pearl, mountain peaks on sea waves.
This type of rug was intended to be hung on the pillars of a Buddhist temple or monastery.
The dragon motif is the most common, and,
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 83
Panel
China, early 20th Century
Carved, painted, and gilded wood, wavy shape, openwork decoration, figures in a landscape on the left, a composition with flowers and objects on the right, the two scenes enclosed by a geometric relief border, a Buddhist lion at top right.
Defects.
12.8 x 19.7 x
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 84
Console
China, 20th century
Carved wood, trapezoidal section, the lower section with 'cracked ice' geometric motif.
32.3 x 41.7 x 17.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 85
Pair of elephants
China, Qing dynasty, late 18th-early 19th Century
Polychrome cloisonné and champlevé enameled metal with extensive gilding, the two animals adorned with floral motifs and the character shou (long life), a vase with a lid and ribbon handles on the back of the two animals.
The elephant symbolizes strength and wisdom,
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Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 86
Guanyin
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
Bronze with traces of gilding and lacquering, the deity seated on a double lotus flower base, jewels on the chest and an exuberant headdress, antique inscription in Chinese and an inventory label inside.
8.5 x 4.3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 900
Lot 87
Ananda
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century
Lacquered bronze, the Buddha's disciple depicted standing with his hands clasped on his chest.
6.9 x 2.6 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 88
Vase, hu
China, 17th-18th Century
Bronze, animal head handles with movable ring, relief decoration of horizontal bands with archaic motifs.
14.2 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 700
Lot 89
Guanyin
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
Bronze, the deity seated on a double lotus flower base with legs crossed in lalitasana, dressed in a large robe that leaves the chest exposed with elaborate jewelry, in each hand a flowering stem, near the shoulder on one side a bird, on the other an ewer, the head
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 90
Tripod incense burner with lid
China, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Bronze, the vessel supported by three feet in the shape of elephants' heads, the body with floral arabesques in relief and handles in the shape of an elephant's head with an upwardly curved trunk, the lid
Starting price: € 1.200