Successful Asian Art Auctions at Koller Zurich: Four-Armed Tibetan Goddess is Surprise Sucess

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Four-Armed Goddess, probably Tara or Prajnaparamita,
Nepalese school, Tibet, 14th/15th c. Gilt copper. H 30 cm. Sold for CHF 629 500.

SWITZERLAND---Koller Auctions has again enjoyed a successful Asian Art auction. Of the works of art from China, Tibet and Nepal, this, the largest Swiss Auction house, sold 75% of approximately 250 objects. Good results were spread evenly amongst all periods and price segments. The highest final price went to a 14th/15th century four-armed goddess from Tibet, but the Thangkas and selected ceramics also reached high prices. The Asian Art auction at Koller yet again attracted the attention of numerous Chinese bidders.  Lot 103 brought a surprise with the first long bidding war in which a 9 cm copper sculpture of a female Nepalese deity from the 14th century, estimated at CHF 3 000, saw a final price of CHF 45 600. [link]