ASIAN ART
AUCTION
Wednesday 15 April 2026, from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-300)
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Lot 226
Relief
Gandhara style
Grey schist, a column in the centre, two figures inside two niches on the sides.
6.2 x 11.4 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 227
Bodhisattva
Gandhara style
Grey schist, the deity depicted standing and adorned with jewels, a flask in his left hand.
17.7 x 5.9 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 228
Relief
Gandhara style
Grey schist, depicting the Buddha in the centre and four disciples on the sides.
9.1 x 11 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 229
Buddha
Gandhara style
Grey schist, the deity seated cross-legged in dhyanasana on a rectangular-section base, wearing a wide robe with flowing drapery.
23.6 x 12.6 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 230
Buddha
Ancient region of Gandhara , 2nd–3rd Century
Grey schist, the deity seated on a rectangular-section base, one side with a small figure of a devotee, his hands at chest height in the dharmachakra mudra, a gesture that symbolizes the Buddha's preaching, dressed in a flowing tunic whose drapes are strikingly
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 3.600
Lot 231
Head of Buddha
Ancient region of Gandhara, 2nd-3rd Century
Dark grey schist, the deity with a hieratic expression, hair styled in soft waves, the usnisa protuberance on the skull and elongated earlobes.
8.3 x 5.5 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 32.000
Lot 232
Frieze
Ancient region of Gandhara, 2nd-3rd Century
Grey schist, depicting a scene with the Buddha seated in the centre, a halo and a tuft of leaves on the back of his head, figures of disciples and deities on either side, the composition enclosed on two sides by a double frame, mounted on a removable metal plate.
7.9 x
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 233
Frieze
Ancient region of Gandhara, 2nd-3rd Century
Grey schist, the slightly curved panel depicting on the front a scene with the Buddha seated in the centre, flanked on both sides by numerous figures of disciples and devotees; mounted on a metal support.
14 x 19.7 x 2.4 in.
This remarkable frieze is a living testimony to
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 234
Group of four kris handles
Indonesia, 20th Century
Wood, bone and metal.
The largest 4.7 x 1.6 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 235
Group of four kris handles
Indonesia, 20th Century
Wood, bone and metal, on wooden bases.
The largest 4.5 x 1.6 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 236
Buddha
Burma, 19th Century
Bronze, the deity sitting on a trapezoidal base.
9.1 x 3.7 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 237
Head of Buddha
Thailand, 15th-16th Century
Bronze, the deity with a faint smile, on wooden support.
7.3 x 4.7 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 238
Head of Buddha
Thailand, Ayutthaya, 16th-17th Century
Carved stone, the face of the deity with a serene expression, a barely visible smile and half-closed eyes, on a wooden base.
14.2 x 9.8 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 239
Kalaga
Burma, 20th Century
Embroidered fabric, a circular geometric motif in the center surrounded by small cells with animals and architecture.
62.2 x 38 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 240
Group of two necklaces
South-East Asia, 20th Century
One in amber paste, the other in silver and other materials.
Metal necklace 23.2 x 1.6 in.
Amber necklace 31.5 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 241
Manuscript
Burma, 19th Century
Palm leaves with text in ink and a wooden cover painted with vegetal scrolls.
2.4 x 19.3 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 242
Buddhist manuscript, kammacava
Burma, early 20th Century
Lacquered and gilded wood, the two covers with depictions of deities, the sixteen sheets with text.
4.9 x 20.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 243
Buddhist manuscript, kammavaca
Burma, early 20th Century
Lacquered and gilded wood, the two covers with depictions of deities, the eleven sheets with text.
4.7 x 22.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 244
Manuscript
Thailand, early 20th Century
Paper with ink text and natural color illustrations, twelve folding sheets.
Each sheet 5.7 x 26.8 x 0.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 245
Belt
Singapore or Borneo, early 20th Century
Silver, the oval-shaped buckle with a relief decoration of a sage and aquatic animals, on its sides two plaques with an ogive side decorated in relief with floral motifs, the belt with a mesh of small intersecting squares and scattered small flowers in relief.
1.1 x 35.4
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 246
Group of two small boxes with cover
South-east Asia, early 20th Century
Partially gilt silver, dense decoration of floral arabesques in relief.
The largest 1.8 x 5.3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 247
Group of three boxes, two with cover
South-east Asia, early 20th Century
Silver with embossed floral decoration.
The largest 2.2 x 3.1 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 248
Group of two betel boxes
Malaysia, early 20th Century
Partially gilded silver, relief floral decoration, the two larger containers linked with chains to smaller containers.
The largest 1.7 x 7.5 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 249
Group of three boxes, two with cover
South-east Asia, early 20th Century
Silver with embossed floral decoration.
The largest 3.9 x 3.5 x 1.7 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 250
Relief
Cambodia, Angkor period, 12th Century
Carved sandstone, depicting three deities on the backs of as many animals, each of them within a niche with a pointed arch decorated with a frieze of leaves.
12 x 17.3 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.400