ASIAN WORKS OF ART Monday, September 11, 2017 NEW YORK ASIAN WORKS OF ART AUCTION Monday, September 11, 2017 at 10am EXHIBITION Friday, September 8, 10am – 5pm Saturday, September 9, 10am – 5pm Sunday, September 10, Noon – 5pm LOCATION Doyle New York 175 East 87th Street New York City 212-427-2730 www.Doyle.com Catalogue: $35 Lot 208 INCLUDING PROPERTY CONTENTS FROM THE ESTATES OF Asian Works of Art 1 - 252 Miriam Chan Glossary I George Labalme, Jr. Conditions of Sale II A Private Minneapolis Collection Terms of Guarantee IV A New York Estate Information on Sales & Use Tax V Aileen Pei Buying at Doyle VI I. Arnold Victor III Selling at Doyle VIII Auction Schedule IX Company Directory X Absentee Bid Form XII INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM A Private American Collector A Greenwich Village Penthouse, New York A Connecticut Collector Lot 160 6 9 1 4 Indian Marble Figure of Tirthankara Khmer Bronze Triad Figural Group Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase Persian School 17th Century Bayon style, 11th/12th century Meiji Period 18th/19th Century Seated in dhyanasana with the hands Raised on a stepped base with a The shouldered form set on a low Hunting party; Nobleman and in held in his lap, the serene face with central Buddha seated in foot rim and rising to a short neck, prince playing polo: Two almond shaped eyes beneath full dhyanamudra with the hands held in enameled in the round with Ink, color and gold on paper eyebrows between pendulant his lap, before the seven-headed blossoming pink prunus issuing Sight of larger 10 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches earlobes, the stylized hair depicted canopy of the serpent king, from branches and a gnarled tree Framed as three horizontal bands beneath a Muchalinda, wearing a short trunk, all on a deep blue ground. C Estate of George Labalme, Jr. small ushnisha, the open chest loincloth and adorned with Height 30 3/4 inches. $700-900 carved with a single lotus blossom elaborate jewelry, his face with C See Illustration at the center. serene expression and downcast eyes $2,000-3,000 Height 18 3/ 8 inches. beneath hair pulled back into a 5 C topknot, flanked by the 2 Indian School $4,000-6,000 four-armed standing Avalokitesvara to Korean School 19th Century his right and by a standing figure of Early 20th century Prince seated on a palace terrace 7 Prajnaparamita on the left. Assembled guardians and with female attendants; Birds and Khmer Bronze Multi-Armed Height 11 3/4 inches. attendant deities flowers: Two Male Figure of Vishnu C Property from a Ink and color on linen Ink, color and gold on paper 12th/13th Century Private Minneapolis Collection Image 61 x 44 1/2 inches Sight of larger 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches Cast standing on a square plinth in $12,000-18,000 Framed Framed samabhanga, each of his four arms See Illustration Provenance: C Estate of George Labalme, Jr. holding an attribute, wearing a From the Philadelphia residence of $700-900 vertically striated sampot secured by a 10 Pearl Buck, by repute See Illustration belt with a fish-tail flange and hanging Tibetan Steel Meteorite with Gold, C pendants, his face with a benevolent Copper and Silver Inlay Phurba $2,000-4,000 smile framed by a tiara and high 13th/14th Century conical chignon. The ritual thunderbolt dagger, Phurba 3 Height 11 inches. Vajra Kila, with yellow, red, and white Gandharan Stucco Head of Buddha C Property from a faces of the wrathful god Hayagriva, Probably Kushan Period Private Minneapolis Collection surmounted by his horse head, with The serene face with heavily lidded $4,000-6,000 fitted wood stand. 8 3 almond shaped eyes between Length 12 1/2 inches. arched eyebrows and above 8 For a similar example see: bow-shaped lips, all below tightly Khmer Bronze Figure of Shiva Buddhist Statues of Tibet: curled hair. Height 9 1/4 inches. 12th/13th Century The Complete Collection of Treasures C Property from a New York Estate Cast standing dressed in a pleated of the Palace Museum (Beijing), $5,000-7,000 sampot, his right hand grasping a 2008, Vol. 60, no. 120, See Illustration beaded rosary the left with a Standing Statue of Vajradhara trident, the benevolent face C beneath an elaborate headdress and $1,500-2,000 flanked by long earrings. Height 7 3/4 inches. Provenance: Borisoothi Antiques, Chiangmai, Thailand C Property from a Private Minneapolis Collection $3,000-5,000 See Illustration 4 part 5 9 6 DOYLE • SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 7 11 13 16 Tibetan Gilt-Bronze Tibetan Gilt-Bronze Figure of Tibetan Bronze Figure of Avalokitesvara Figure of Yamantaka an Immortal Cast seated in lalitasana on a lotus base, the right Cast standing in alidhasana on 18th/19th Century hand raised to the chest holding a vajra, the left prostrate figures over a double Cast seated with the right hand hand holding the end of a leafy lotus stalk rising lotus base, the principal arms held in a prayer pose, the left to the shoulder supporting another vajra, the face embracing his consort and hand holding a skull cap, dressed with a benevolent expression, crowned by an grasping a curved knife and skull in elaborate jewelry around elaborate headdress. Height 4 1/2 inches. cap, the fierce bull’s face surmounted the neck, arm and ankles, C by a crown of skulls and additional the benevolent face with large $4,000-6,000 stacked faces before flaming hair. bulging eyes flanked by Height 7 3/4 inches. pendulant ears and disc-shaped 17 C earrings, beneath the hair pulled Nepalese Copper Alloy Figure of Green Tara $2,500-3,500 back into a topknot adorned with 15th Century further embellishment. Cast seated in lalitasana on a pierced lotus base, 12 Height 8 1/2 inches. with her foot resting on a lotus blossom and hands Tibetan Gilt-Copper Alloy C Property from a held in a teaching pose, clad in a short dhoti Figure of Tsong Khapa New York Estate secured at the waist and adorned with various 18th/19th Century $1,000-1,500 jewelry, flanked by lotus blossoms at her Cast seated in dhyanasana on shoulders, the serene face surmounted by a high a double lotus base, the hands 14 chignon and secured with an elaborate held in dharmachakra mudra Tibetan Thangka foliate tiara. Height 5 inches. each holding the long stem of a Circa 1900 C Property from a Private Minneapolis Collection stylized lotus extending Depicting a male deity standing $5,000-7,000 upwards and flanking the shoulders, on a lotus base dressed in a See Illustration one lotus stalk supporting a book, colorful dhoti at the hips, holding 17 the other a covered vessel, dressed the stems of leafy lotus branches 18 in long flowing robes incised with that wrap around each arm rising Tibetan Thangka of Amitayus Buddha foliate scrolling, the face with a to floral blooms flanking each 18th/19th Century meditative expression, beneath shoulder, surrounded by various Depicted seated on a lotus throne with an alms a blade-shaped cap with lappets deities and devotees. bowl held in the lap, dressed in long robes, falling over the shoulders. Image 51 3/4 x 32 1/2 inches. the face with a downcast serene expression, Height 15 inches. Provenance: surrounded by monks, devotees and Exhibited: Jens Bjerre collection, various deities. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Copenhagen Ink and color on linen, bordered in Chinese silk Minnesota, under long term loan C Image 25 x 16 1/8 inches C Property from a $4,000-6,000 C 12 Private Minneapolis Collection $2,000-4,000 $20,000-30,000 15 See Illustration Tibetan Thangka 19 19th Century Tibetan Thangka of Shakyamuni Buddha Depicting three tsong kappa 19th Century monks with wrathful deities The Buddha seated in vajraparyankasana on a below and peaceful deities raised lotus pedestal with hands held in above, ink and color on linen, dharmachakra mudra, dressed in a red voluminous signed. Image 23 1/2 x 35 inches. robe draping over the shoulders and falling in C loose folds over the crossed legs, a blue mandorla $1,500-2,500 radiating from his torso and a bright green halo See Illustration encircling his head, the deity surrounded by a lush green landscape laden with trees and flowers and enshrouded with swirling clouds, two standing acolytes below him and two deities above. Image 24 1/4 x 18 1/8 inches. C Property from a Private Minneapolis Collection $5,000-7,000 See Illustration 15 19 8 DOYLE • SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 9 23 24 20 23 Tibetan Silver and Copper Traveling Shrine, ‘Gau’ Tibetan Parcel-Gilt Silver Traveling Shrine, ‘Gau’ 19th Century 19th Century The peaked rectangular shape with a window revealing an The hollow metal alloy box of trefoil form fronted by a gilt inner figure of Buddha, the front face with scrolling foliate border surrounding dense filigree above rockwork and waves, and auspicious objects, with fitted fabric case. enclosing ten deities, all encircling the central shaped aperture Height 11 1/2 inches. depicting two confronting dragons and mythical creatures, C all on a ground of scrolling foliage, the reverse with a stylized $500-700 character and flanked by two horizontal loops handles on each side wall intended for suspension. Height 8 7/8 inches. 21 Exhibited: Two Tibetan Silver and Copper Tibetan Traveling Shrines, ‘Gau’ Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, 25 19th Century under long term loan, since 1997 Each peaked rectangular shape with windows revealing an C Property from a Private Minneapolis Collection $1,000-1,500 inner figure of Buddha, one front face with scrolling foliate 25 See Illustration interspersed with auspicious objects, the other with stylized Sino-Tibetan Gilt-Bronze Figure of Shadakshari Lokeshvara characters, each with fitted fabric case.