The Cave of the 1,000 Buddhas

November 4th, 2026 at 2:00 PM
75009 Paris - France

General informations
Sale location
Fees and conditions
Terms of sale
auction at Drouot, Room 13
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Sale commission: 28.8 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

Nature of the sale
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Contact:
COLLIN DU BOCAGE
01 58 18 39 05
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Operator: DELORME & COLLIN DU BOCAGE sas

Sale commission: 28.8 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

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Exposures:
Lot no. 1
BURMA, Kingdom of Ava, 18th century.
Val.: €700 - €900
Lot no. 2
VIETNAM, 19th–20th centuries.
Val.: €2,500 - €3,500
Lot no. 3
SOUTH INDIA, 19th–20th centuries.
Val.: €800 - €1,500
Lot no. 4
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 5
VIETNAM, 18th–19th century.
Val.: €1,200 - €1,800
Lot no. 6
BURMA, late 18th – early 19th century.
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 7
BURMA, 18th–19th centuries.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 8
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 9
TIBET, 19th–20th centuries.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 10
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 11
BURMA, late 17th – early 18th century.
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 12
VIETNAM, 19th century. Two Buddhas seated on lotus thrones, …
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 13
SOUTH-EAST ASIA, 20th century. Vyala carved in the form of a…
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 14
BURMA, Pagan, 11th–12th century.
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 16
CAMBODIA, 20th century, in the Khmer artistic style.
Val.: €4,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 17
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €1,500 - €2,500
Lot no. 18
SOUTH-EAST ASIA, 20th century. Two architectural panels carv…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 19
THAILAND, Ayutthaya, 14th–16th century.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 20
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 21
CHINA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 22
CAMBODIA, 13th century.
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 23
SOUTH-EAST ASIA, 20th century. A pair of architectural eleme…
Val.: €700 - €900
Lot no. 24
SOUTHEAST ASIA, 20th century. A finely carved tank muzzle de…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 25
CHINA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 26
NEPAL, 16th–18th century.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 27
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 28
SOUTHEAST ASIA, 20th century. Tank muzzle cap carved with a …
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 29
JAPAN, 19th–20th century. Hibachi with stylised gold decorat…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 30
China, 19th–20th centuries.
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 31
CAMBODIA, 20th century
Val.: €150 - €300
Lot no. 32
Modern THAILAND. Large box decorated with the face of the Bu…
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 33
China, 20th century.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 34
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 35
THAILAND, Rattanakosin, 19th–20th century.
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 36
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 37
INDONESIA, 20th century. Pair of doors with zoomorphic relie…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 39
Indonesia.
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 40
TIBET, 19th century. Thangka depicting a white Tara with a h…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 41
SOUTH-EAST ASIA, 20th century. Vyala carved with a stylised …
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 42
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 43
China, early 20th century.
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 44
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €700 - €1,000
Lot no. 45
TIBET, 19th–20th centuries. Thangka depicting Hayagriva, a w…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 46
China, late Qing dynasty, 19th–20th centuries.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 47
BURMA, 18th–19th century. Buddha’s head with finely elongate…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 48
Japan, late 19th–early 20th century.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 49
BURMA, 20th century. Three-part stupa model.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 50
MYANMAR, Ava, c. 1800.
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 51
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 52
CAMBODIA, post-Khmer, 18th–19th century.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 53
BASED ON Chō Densu / Minchō (1352–1432).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 54
BURMA, 18th–19th century. Seated Buddha in virasana, swearin…
Val.: €250 - €400
Lot no. 55
BURMA, 19th–20th centuries. Seated Buddha in the ‘earth-witn…
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 56
CAMBODIA, post-Khmer period, 18th–19th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 57
BURMA, 19th–20th centuries. Buddha’s head leaning slightly f…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 59
BURMA, 19th century. A kneeling worshipper carved in the rou…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 60
BURMA, 20th century. Glass painting depicting four Buddhas t…
Val.: €40 - €60
Lot no. 61
BURMA, 19th century. Chofa (ridge finial) carved in the roun…
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 62
SOUTH-EAST ASIA, 19th–20th centuries.
Val.: €30 - €50
Lot no. 63
BURMA, 20th century. Ordination book (kammavaca) comprising …
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 64
CHINA, in the style of the Tang dynasty.
Val.: €1,500 - €2,500
Lot no. 65
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 66
CHINA, late 20th century.
Val.: €50 - €80
Lot no. 69
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 70
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €200 - €400
Lot no. 71
CAMBODIA, Khmer art, 12th–13th century.
Val.: €700 - €1,000
Lot no. 72
SOUTH INDIA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 73
CAMBODIA, post-Khmer art. Head of a male deity wearing a tal…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 74
CAMBODIA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 75
CAMBODIA, POST-KHMER PERIOD, 16th–18th centuries.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 76
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €700 - €1,000
Lot no. 77
LAOS, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 78
THAILAND, 20th century.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 79
INDIA, 11th–12th century.
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 80
SOUTH-EAST ASIA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 81
THAILAND, 15th–16th century.
Val.: €600 - €900
Lot no. 82
CAMBODIA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 83
THAILAND, 16th–17th century.
Val.: €700 - €1,000
Lot no. 84
Modern LAOS.
Val.: €200 - €400
Lot no. 85
Modern THAILAND, in the Rattanakosin style.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 86
Modern THAILAND.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 87
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 88
BURMA, 20th century.
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 89
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 90
JAPAN, 20th century
Val.: €700 - €1,000
Lot no. 91
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 92
CHINA, 19th–20th century. Chimeric mask with a movable jaw.
Val.: €1,200 - €1,800
Lot no. 93
CAMBODIA, second half of the 20th century, Khmer-inspired.
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 94
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 95
CAMBODIA, second half of the 20th century, Khmer-inspired.
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 96
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Rattanakos…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 97
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 98
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Sukhothai …
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 99
CHINA, 19th century. Large shishi mask with a movable jaw.
Val.: €1,500 - €1,800
Lot no. 100
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 101
SOUTH-EAST ASIA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 102
CAMBODIA, second half of the 20th century, inspired by Khmer…
Val.: €150 - €300
Lot no. 103
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Sukhothai …
Val.: €200 - €400
Lot no. 104
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 105
CAMBODIA, second half of the 20th century, inspired by recli…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 106
SOUTH INDIA or SRI LANKA, 20th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 107
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 108
BURMA, 19th–20th centuries.
Val.: €700 - €1,000
Lot no. 110
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 111
INDONESIA, BALI, 20th century. Lot comprising: a Barong mask…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 112
BURMA, 20th century. Buddha head with a detachable tall flam…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 113
IN THE STYLE OF JAPAN. Crab brandishing its claws.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 114
BURMA, Mandalay, 20th century. Buddha’s head with a diadem a…
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 115
BURMA, 20th century. Buddha head with a typical inverted spi…
Val.: €700 - €900
Lot no. 116
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €700 - €900
Lot no. 117
BURMA, 20th century. Two monks kneeling on lotus flowers*, p…
Val.: €800 - €1,000
Lot no. 118
THAILAND, 20th century, in the Lanna style.
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 119
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 120
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 121
JAPAN, 20th century. Amida Buddha seated in meditation on a …
Val.: €1,500 - €2,500
Lot no. 122
JAPAN, 20th century. A standing Buddha on a richly carved, t…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,500
Lot no. 123
IN THE JAPANESE STYLE. Crab brandishing its claws.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 124
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Rattanakos…
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 125
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Rattanakos…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 126
JAPAN, 20th century. A standing Amida Buddha on a lotus-shap…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 127
LAOS, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 128
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Rattanakos…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 129
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Rattanakos…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 130
CHINA, 20th century. Set of six fluorite pieces.
Val.: €50 - €100
Lot no. 131
JAPAN, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €250 - €350
Lot no. 132
CHINA, 20th century. A group of rats carrying a ‘bag of rich…
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 133
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Rattanakos…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 134
BURMA, 20th century. Standing Buddha figure holding the edge…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 135
INDIA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 136
CHINA, 20th century. Set of nine small serpentine bowls.
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 137
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Rattanakos…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 138
CHINA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 139
JAPAN, 20th century. Amida Buddha depicted standing on a lot…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 141
THAILAND, 19th–20th centuries. A seated Buddha on a tripod b…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 142
CAMBODIA, Khmer art, 12th–13th century.
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 143
BURMA, 20th century. Seated Buddha in virasana, performing t…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 144
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Sukhothai …
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 145
IN THE ASIAN STYLE. Cabinet with carved and engraved Asian-i…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 146
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 147
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 148
ASIA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 149
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century, in the Rattanakos…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 150
BURMA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 151
THAILAND, 20th century. Two Buddhas seated in vajrasana, the…
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 152
CAMBODIA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 153
THAILAND, 20th century. Three Buddhas seated in vajrasana, i…
Val.: €250 - €350
Lot no. 154
THAILAND, 20th century. Two Buddhas seated on high plinths i…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 155
THAILAND, 20th century. Two Buddhas seated on tripod bases, …
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 156
INDIA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 157
Modern THAILAND, in the Rattanakosin style.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 158
JAPAN, 20th century. Amida Buddha depicted standing on a lot…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 159
THAILAND, 20th century. Seven Buddhas seated in vajrasana; f…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 160
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 161
CHINA, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 162
Modern THAILAND, in the Rattanakosin style.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 163
Modern CAMBODIA, in the Khmer artistic style.
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 164
CAMBODIA, second half of the 20th century, in the Khmer arti…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 165
CHINA, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 166
THAILAND, Ratanakosin. Four seated Buddhas on a three-tiered…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 168
South-East Asia, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 169
THAILAND, 20th century. Buddha seated in meditation, one han…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 170
THAILAND, 20th century. Two seated Buddhas, invoking the ear…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 171
THAILAND, 20th century. Three seated Buddhas, invoking the e…
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 172
THAILAND, 20th century. Two Buddhas seated on tall plinths i…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 173
THAILAND, 20th century. Three Buddhas seated on tall plinths…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 174
THAILAND, 20th century. Three Buddhas seated on tall plinths…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 175
THAILAND, 20th century. Two Buddhas seated on tall plinths i…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 176
THAILAND, 20th century. Three Buddhas seated on high plinths…
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 177
THAILAND, 20th century. Three Buddhas seated on high plinths…
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 178
THAILAND, 20th century. Six Buddhas seated on tall plinths i…
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 179
THAILAND, 20th century. Six Buddhas seated on tall plinths i…
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 180
THAILAND, second half of the 20th century.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 181
BURMA, 20th century. Five pages from various ordination book…
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 182
BURMA, 20th century. Four pages from various ordination book…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 183
JAPAN, early 20th century.
Val.: €600 - €800