TEFAF Maastricht is the world’s leading fair for fine art, antiques and design. The fair features over 275 top-ranking dealers and brings some of the finest artworks currently on the market. Nies Oriental Art is thrilled to participate for the 36th time this year.

Our exhibition features a captivating group of Asian sculpture from India, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Amongst other highlights, we are proud to showcase fine bronzes from the Himalayan mountains and several important treasures from Indonesia, including a magnificent Javanese crown from the 9th century and an andesite head of a cosmic Buddha from Borobodur.

We hope to welcome you at our stand. For any queries, please feel free to contact us.

Stand 156
MECC, Maastricht
11 – 19 March 2023
9 and 10 March by invitation only

TSONGKAPA

Tibet, 15th century
Gilded copper alloy, silver and lapis lazuli inlay, traces of polychromy
height: 23cm.

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Italy
Marcel Nies Oriental Art, Belgium, 2007
Collection Mr. and Mrs. M. Hamers, The Netherlands, 2007-2022

PUBLISHED
Marcel Nies, Majesty of The Sacred, Art of India, The Himalayas and Southeast Asia, Antwerp, 2007, pp.48-49

CERTIFICATES
Himalayan Art Resources, reference no.: 20407
Art Loss Register certificate, no.: S00004039

HEAD OF A COSMIC BUDDHA

Central Java, 9th century
Andesite stone
height: 36.8cm

PROVENANCE
Collection Aaron Vecht, The Netherlands, before 1950-1955
Collection Dr. Johann Pribyl, Austria, 1955-1989
Collection Mrs. Muller-Mezin, Austria, 1989-1999
Marcel Nies Oriental Art, Antwerp, Belgium, 1999-2001
Collection Doris Wiener, New York, USA, 2001-2011
Private collection, USA, 2011-2022

PUBLISHED
Marcel Nies, The Immortal Image: Art of India, the Himalayan regions, Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Antwerp, 2001, pp. 10-11;
Christie’s New York, sale: The Doris Wiener Collection, 20 March 2012, lot 143

CERTIFICATES
Certificate, Documentation Centre for Ancient Indonesian Art, dated 29/08/2001
Art Loss Register certificate, no. S00229621

DHARMACAKRA CROWN

Java, 9th – 10th century
Gold and rock crystal
height: 25cm.

PROVENANCE
Mr F. Ghijsels (1882-1947), Indonesia/The Netherlands, and thence by descent
Ms Carola Vooges, The Netherlands/Singapore, until 2002
Mr Frank Wiggers, The Netherlands/Portugal, 2002 – 2022

EXHIBITED
Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris, Inauguration of the Permanent Collection and Heritage Gallery, May 2015- April 2016

CERTIFICATES
Technical examination report, Mr. Pieter Meyers;
Analysis report, Prof. Dr. Ernst Pernicka, Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie gGmbH;
Art Loss Register certificate, no.: S00229620

HEAD OF A PENSIVE BODHISATTVA

Pakistan, Gandhara 3rd-4th century,
Shist
height: 26cm.

PROVENANCE
Collection David Lindahl, Kyoto, 1990s-2003
Collection Mark Schatten, Thailand, USA, 2003-2023

MANJUSRI

Nepal, Early Malla period ca 1300 AD.
Gilded copper alloy, semi-precious stones inlay, traces of polychromy
height 29.5cm

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, sale: Tibetan, Nepalese, Indian and South-East Asian works of Art, 4 July 1983, lot 72
Collection Mr. Jean-Claude Tobailem, from 1983
Collection Dr. Jean-Michel Pons, 1980s – 2022

PUBLISHED
Sotheby’s London, sale: Tibetan, Nepalese, Indian and South-East Asian works of Art, 4 July 1983, lot 72

CERTIFICATES
Art Loss Register certificate, no.: S00228709

VAISHRAVANA

China, Yuan dynasty 1271-1368
Bronze – height: 19cm.

PROVENANCE
Collection Mrs. Enrica Willi, until 1997
Philips New York, charity auction: Tibetan Art from the collection of the late Enrica Willi, 21 Oct. 1997, lot 161
Collection David Weldon 1997-2023

PUBLISHED
Philips New York, charity auction: Tibetan Art from the collection of the late Enrica Willi, 21 Oct. 1997, lot 161

CERTIFICATES
Art Loss Register certificate, no.: S00229655

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