Asian Art - Auction, 19 September 2009 Highlights

		A150/115 A FINE GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA Tibet, 16th century. H 19 cm. Sold for CHF 33 600 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.
		A150/139 SMALL THANGKA tibeto-chinese, 15th century. Sold for CHF 24 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.
		A150/147 BRONZE VESSEL "LI" China, Early Western Zhou dynasty. H 29.5 cm. Sold for CHF 40 800 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.
		A150/170 CLOISONNE VASE China, Jiaqing mark and period. Sold for CHF 48 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.
		A150/175 JADE CARVING OF A FRIENDLY BEAR China, Ming dynasty. L 5.5 cm. Sold for CHF 42 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.
		A150/198 RHINOCEROS-CUP CARVED WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS China, 17th/18th century. Sold for CHF 51 600 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.
		A150/280 STANDING SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A FEMALE DEITY Khmer, style of Angkor Wat, 12thc entury. H 64 cm. Sold for CHF 40 800 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.
		A150/298 YAKSHI India, Madhya Pradesh, 11th century. Sold for CHF 30 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.
All genres of Asian art were successful in this auction, from Tibetan bronzes to Chinese cloisonné and bronze vessels, to jade and other stone carvings. The top lot was a finely carved rhinoceros horn cup from the 17th/18th century (lot 198) that fetched CHF 51 600 / EUR 35 600. Its provenance surely helped to push the bidding well over the high estimate: it was part of the collection of the former Swiss honorary consul in Guangzhou, and acquired by him in 1946. A small Ming Dynasty jade carving of a bear (lot 175) also soared above its high estimate, selling for CHF 42 000 / EUR 29 000. Among the cloisonné items, a Jiaqing period vase (lot 170) whose twin was sold in London in July 2006, sold for CHF 48 000 / EUR 33 100. Sculpture highlights included a Khmer standing female deity in carved sandstone (lot 280) that fetched CHF 40 800 / EUR 28 150, and an 11th century Indian stone carving of a Yakshi (lot 298) that changed hands for CHF 30 000 / EUR 20 700. Other top lots included a Zhou Dynasty bronze “li” vessel (lot 147) for CHF 40 800 / EUR 28 150, and a beautiful 16th century Tibetan gilt copper figure of Vajradhara (lot 115) for CHF 33 600 / EUR 23 200.