ASIAN ART
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Wednesday 15 April 2026, from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-300)
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Lot 176
Bowl
Korea, 15th Century
Ceramic with celadon glaze, the exterior with stylised leaves in light relief.
3.1 x 6.5 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 177
Jar
Korea, 20th Century
Porcelain with greyish glaze and brown enamel decoration of a tiger amidst clouds and bamboo stems.
13.4 x 11.8 in.
The model for this decoration is a jar conserved in the Museum of Oriental Ceramics in Osaka, Ataka Collection, in Japan, dated to the 17th Century and
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Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 178
Monumental Moon Jar
Korea, 20th Century
Cream-glazed porcelain covered with fine craquelure.
19.7 x 19.7 in.
The vase typology known as the 'Moon Jar' best exemplifies the extraordinary technical mastery achieved by Korean ceramists starting in the 18th century.
This example is distinguished by its
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Starting price: € 5.000 | Sold for : € 7.000
Lot 179
Thangka
Tibet, 18th Century
Natural colours on fabric, depicting Vajrabhairava (Yamantaka) in the center on a lotus-shaped pedestal, recognizable by its blue color, nine bull-like faces with three eyes surmounted by skeletons, thirty-two arms and sixteen legs trampling other deities and animals
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 180
Reliquary, Gau
Tibet, 20th Century
Partially gilt-metal, the front side with a depiction of mythological animals in pronounced relief.
5.1 x 4.7 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 181
Ritual axe
Tibet, 20th Century
Silver-plated metal.
6.7 x 6.7 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 182
Two small flasks
Tibet, 20th Century
Wood root and metal, circular shape.
The largest 3.15 x 3.15 x 1.18 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 183
Vajra and phurba
Tibet, 20th Century
Partially gilded silver with stone inlays, the ends of the vajra and the end of the phurba with coral inserts.
The phurba 6.5 x 1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 184
Black Jambhala
Tibet, 18th Century
Gilt and painted bronze, the bodhisattva of fortune and wealth standing on a lotus flower base, holding a mongoose in his left hand and a kapala in his right, his feet trampling a human figure, his face with three eyes and an angry expression, surmounted by a crown with
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 185
Green Tara
Tibet, 18th Century
Gilt and painted bronze, the deity sitting in the lalitasana position on a double lotus flower base, her right foot resting on a lotus flower, her hands in the varada and sharanagamana mudras, adorned with jewels, with two lotus flowers on either side of her arms.
5.1 x
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 186
Ewer with cover
Tibet, 20th Century
Copper alloy, the handle shaped like a dragon and the spout like an elephant's head, the lid tied to the body with a chain.
11.4 x 11.8 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 187
Ewer with cover
Tibet, 20th Century
Copper, the shoulder with two large semicircular movable handles.
7.1 x 10.2 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 188
Two ritual conch shells
Tibet, 20th Century
The two ends of the shells with silver-plated metal fittings and glass inlays.
The largest 9.05 x 4.33 x 3.54 in.
Starting price: € 75 | Sold for : € 75
Lot 189
Ritual conch shell
Tibet, 20 Century
Natural conch shell relief decorated with dragons, skulls and plant motifs, metal mounted.
11 x 7.5 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 190
Head of Padmapani
Nepal, early 20th Century
Copper alloy, the face of the deity surmounted by a showy diadem.
8.3 x 4.9 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 191
White Tara
Mongolia, 18th Century
Embossed copper with traces of gilding, the Buddhist deity seated in the dhyanasana position on a double lotus base, both hands in the vitarka mudra.
Losses.
7.9 x 4.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 900 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 192
Carpet
Tibet, 20th Century
Polychrome decoration with a frame of bamboo sterns and lanterns in the centre on a yellow ground.
64.2 x 35.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 193
Gau reliquary and small box with lid
Tibet, 20th Century
The silver-plated metal reliquary embossed with Buddhist symbols, inside a small Buddha, within silk case, and a small metal box with coral and hardstones inlays.
The gau 5.11 x 4.33 x 2.36 in.
Starting price: € 50 | Sold for : € 75
Lot 194
Group with two snuff bottles and a small box with cover
Tibet, 20th Century
A horn and a bone snuff bottles, both with metal mounts, the box with turquoise flakes.
The box 1.2 x 3.1 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 50
Lot 195
Thangka
Tibet, 19th-20th Century
Colors on fabric, it depicts Vajrakilaya in his Heruka manifestation, with three heads, six arms and four legs, embracing his dakini, surrounded by deities and lamas.
25 x 20.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 196
Prayer wheel
Tibet, 20th Century
Embossed copper, inside a fabric bag with prayers on paper.
23 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 197
Padmapani
Nepal, early 20th Century
Bronze, the bodhisattva standing on a lotus flower base, a lotus flower in his left hand, a large diadem on his head.
10.6 x 4.7 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 198
Tara
Nepal, 20th Century
Partially gilded copper alloy, the deity depicted standing on a circular base, a lotus flower on the left arm, the head surmounted by a diadem, jewels on the body.
16.9 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 199
Thangka
Tibet, 18th Century
Colors and gold on fabric, on red ground, depicting in the center a seated bodhisattva immersed in a dense florilegium, in the upper section three smaller Buddhist deities.
Thangka 24.4 x 17.1 in.
Including frame 41.9 x 26.2 in.
In the production of thangka in Tibet,
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 200
Thangka
Tibet, 19th Century
Colors on fabric, depicting Tsongkhapa in the center holding in his hands at chest height a figure of the Buddha Sakyamuni, the founding master of the Gelup school surrounded by a myriad of deities and monks, the back with a long inscription and the red imprint of the
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 6.000