Bidspirit auctions | Alma Auction Oct 25

Alma, Oct 25. 283 lots, estimates 200 - 15000 $.

Alma -

Alma Auctioneers presents an auction bringing together Asian and Islamic art from collections shaped by study, travel, and a lifelong appreciation of craftsmanship.

At its heart is the important estate of Joseph Wallersteiner, an avid collector of Islamic manuscripts whose family of metal artisans emigrated from Germany to Israel in the 1930s. His collection reflects a deep interest in the written heritage of the Islamic world.

Alongside this estate is a meticulously assembled private collection of Asian art, gathered over decades of travel throughout the East and reflecting its collector’s discerning eye.

Together, these collections invite collectors to explore the craftsmanship, cultural memory, and personal histories preserved in objects across generations.

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Lots in this catalog (283)

• Lot 1: A Pair of Porcelain Lidded Ginger Jars, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) — $400 - $600
• Lot 2: A Pair of Porcelain and Polychrome Enamel Bowls, China, Republic Period (1912-1949) — $400 - $600
• Lot 3: A Chinese Celadon-Glazed Porcelain Bowl — $500 - $700
• Lot 4: A Carved Jade Incense Burner, China, Late 19th-Early 20th Century — $500 - $700
• Lot 5: A Celadon-Glazed Pottery Incense Burner, Korea, 18th-19th Century — $400 - $600
• Lot 6: A Blue and White Porcelain Stand, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $500 - $700
• Lot 7: A Blue and White Porcelain Vase, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $500 - $600
• Lot 8: A Polychrome Enamelled Porcelain Vase, China, Late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $500 - $700
• Lot 9: A Blue and White Porcelain Moonflask, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) — $500 - $700
• Lot 10: A Blue and White Porcelain Bowl, China, Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911 — $300 - $500
• Lot 11: A Rare Coral Red-Glazed Porcelain Vase, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $600 - $900
• Lot 12: A Large Blue and White Porcelain Vase, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $700 - $1,000
• Lot 13: A Famille Verte Porcelain Vase, China, Late 19th Century — $700 - $1,000
• Lot 14: A Carved Jade Brush Washer, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 15: A Blue and White Porcelain Jar, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $700 - $1,000
• Lot 16: A Bronze Figurine of Gtsang Smyon Heruka ("The Madman Heruka from Tsang"), Tibet, Early 20th Century — $400 - $500
• Lot 17: A Brown-Patinated Bronze Figurine of an Elephant, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $500 - $700
• Lot 18: A Gilt Bronze Figurine of Garuda, Nepal, 18th Century — $400 - $600
• Lot 20: A Rare Gilt Bronze Qilin Seal, China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) — $600 - $800
• Lot 21: A Bronze Figurine of Ganesha, India/Southeast Asia, 8th-10th Century — $500 - $700
• Lot 22: A Chinese Archaistic Bronze Ritual Pouring Vessel (Yi) — $500 - $700
• Lot 23: A Chinese Celadon Porcelain Vase with Dragon Decoration — $500 - $700
• Lot 24: A Polychrome Porcelain Ceremonial Vessel, China, Late Qing Dynasty (1636/1644-1912) — $500 - $700
• Lot 26: A Pair of Bronze and Champleve Enamel Vases, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) — $500 - $700
• Lot 28: A Glazed Ceramic Figurine of the Hehe Er xian Twins, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) — $300 - $500
• Lot 29: A Pottery Figurine of a Horse Head, China, Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) — $300 - $500
• Lot 30: A Sancai Glazed Pottery Figurine of a Horse, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $400 - $600
• Lot 31: A Sancai-Glazed Pottery Figurine of an Official, China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) — $400 - $600
• Lot 32: A Sancai Glazed Ceramic Celestial Mingqi Table with Offerings, China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) — $600 - $800
• Lot 33: A Sancai-Glazed Pottery Figurine of a Groom, China, Tang Dynasty (618-907) — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 34: A Pair of Large Blue and White Porcelain Vases, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 35: A Magnificent Polychrome Porcelain Censer, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 36: A Celadon-Glazed Porcelain Vase, Korea, Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 37: A Sancai-Glazed Pottery Funerary Figurine of a Horse and Rider, China, Tang Dynasty (618-907) — $3,500 - $5,000
• Lot 38: A Pair of Steel Stirrups, China or Tibet, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) — $600 - $800
• Lot 39: A Celadon-Glazed Porcelain Two-Handled Vase, China, Song Dynasty (960-1279) — $900 - $1,200
• Lot 40: A Celadon-Glazed Porcelain Bowl, China, Song Dynasty (960-1279) — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 41: A Celadon-Glazed Porcelain Bowl, China, Yuan-Ming Period (1271-1644) — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 42: A Chinese Flambe Glazed Porcelain Vase — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 43: A Celadon-Glazed Porcelain Vase, China, Song Dynasty (960-1279) — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 44: A Jian Stoneware Tea Bowl, China, Song Dynasty (960-1279) — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 45: A Qingbai-Glazed Porcelain Bowl, China, Song Dynasty (960-1279) — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 46: A Polychrome Ceramic Lidded Vessel, , Japan, 18th Century — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 47: A Cizhou Ware Ceramic Cup and Saucer, China, Song Dynasty (960-1279) — $2,500 - $3,000
• Lot 48: A Large Blue and White Porcelain Ginger Jar, China Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $2,500 - $3,000
• Lot 49: A Lot of Blue and White Porcelain and Metal Mounts Teacup and Saucer, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $400 - $600
• Lot 50: A Large Cloisonne and Polychrome Enamel Hanging Plate, Japan, 19th Century — $700 - $1,000
• Lot 51: A Chinese Brass and Polychrome Cloisonne Enamel Lidded Ginger Jar — $300 - $500
• Lot 52: A Gem-Set Carved Quartz Skull with Low Grade Silver or White Metal, Tibet, 20th Century — $700 - $900
• Lot 53: An Impressive Carved Green stone Figurine of a Shishi, China, First Half of the 20th Century — $500 - $700
• Lot 54: A Carved Coral Figurine, China, First Half of the 20th Century — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 55: A Soapstone Carving of the Eight Immortals, China, Qing — $300 - $500
• Lot 56: A Carved Turquoise Figuine of Yab-Yum, Tibet, 16th-17th Century — $400 - $600
• Lot 57: A Carved Jade Figurine of a Mythological Animal, China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) — $400 - $600
• Lot 58: An Archaic Carved Jade Bi-Form Pendant, China, Warring States Period — $2,600 - $3,000
• Lot 59: A Carved Jade Figurine of a Boy Carrying a Double Gourd (Hulu), China, Early Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) — $400 - $600
• Lot 60: A Fine Mughal Carved Jade Sheath — $2,500 - $3,500
• Lot 61: A Carved Russet Jade Snuff Bottle, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) — $400 - $600
• Lot 62: A Brown-Glazed Ceramic Jar with Four Handles, China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) — $400 - $600
• Lot 63: A Carved Jade Figurine of Bean Pods and an Insect, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $400 - $600
• Lot 64: A Carved Jade Figurine of a Coiled Animal, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $400 - $600
• Lot 65: An Archaic Chinese Carved Jade Figurine of a Recumbent Mythical Beast — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 66: Three Carved Jade Objects Plaques — $400 - $600
• Lot 68: A Carved Jade Figurine of a Boy Playing a Drum, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $400 - $500
• Lot 69: A Carved Celadon Jade Figurine, China, Likely Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 70: A Carved Celadon Jade Plaque, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) — $400 - $500
• Lot 71: A Large Carved Jade Pendant with 14K Yellow Gold Mount, China — $500 - $700
• Lot 72: An Antique Agate Dzi Bead, Tibet — $400 - $600
• Lot 73: A Carved Jade Belt Toggle, China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) — $400 - $600
• Lot 74: A Carved White Nephrite Dagger in the Han Dynasty Style — $500 - $700
• Lot 75: An Archaic Carved Jade Sword Guard, China, Han Dynasty — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 76: A Carved Jade Figurine of Guanyin, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 77: A Carved Jade Figurine of a Boy Holding a Hulu Gourd, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $500 - $700
• Lot 78: A Carved Jade Fgurine, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $700 - $1,000
• Lot 79: A Carved Jade Figurine of a Boy Carrying a Double Gourd (Hulu), China, Prob, Early Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 80: A Carved Jade Dragon Figurine, China, probably Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE) — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 81: A Chinese Carved Russet Jade Coiled Dragon Plaque — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 82: A Pair of Rare Chinese Archaic Carved Plates — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 83: A Carved Jade Buckle, China, Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE) — $900 - $1,200
• Lot 84: A Carved Jade Plate, China, Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BCE) — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 85: A Fine Carved Jade and Shibayama Badger Figurine, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $2,000 - $2,500
• Lot 86: A Chinese Archaic-Style Carved Jade Cong — $7,000 - $10,000
• Lot 87: A Pair of Rare and Magnificent Parcel Gilt Silver Silver Filigree and Gemstone Hairpins, China, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 88: A Chinese Carved (Jade?) Bangle — $300 - $400
• Lot 89: A Carved Russet Jade Toggle, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $400 - $500
• Lot 90: A Carved Jade Chilong Dragons Disc, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $600 - $800
• Lot 91: A Rare Carved Organic-Material Snuff Bottle, China, Prob. Early Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) — $400 - $600
• Lot 92: A Fine Japanese Wood and Nashi-Ji Lacquer Inro — $300 - $500
• Lot 93: An Impressive Chinese Export Sterling Silver Flatware Service for Twelve (120 Pieces), China circa 1900 — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 94: An Impressive Sterling Silver Coffee and Tea Service, China, First Half of the 20th Century — $5,000 - $6,000
• Lot 95: A Large Chinese Export Silver and Organic Material Wine Pitcher, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 96: A Fine Silver Vase, Japan, Late 19th-Early 20th Century — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 97: A Bronze Garuda Figurine, Nepal, 18th Century — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 98: Two Impressive Parcel Gilt Silver Shishi Boxes, China, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 99: A Silver Polychrome Enamel Cloisonne and Gemstone Elephant Figurine, India, Mid-20th Century. — $500 - $700
• Lot 100: A Carved Ebony Organic Material and Gemstone Elephant Figurine — $400 - $500
• Lot 101: A Fine Parcel Gilt Silver Silver Filigree Gemstone and Enamel Cloisonne Box, China, First Half of the 20th Century — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 102: A Carved black material (Wood and Black Lacquer?) Lidded Vessel, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $500 - $700
• Lot 103: A Mixed Lot of Papier Mache Lacquered Miniatures, Japan, , 19th Century — $600 - $800
• Lot 104: A Chinese Carved Box and Cover — $300 - $500
• Lot 107: An Antique Chinese Six-Panel Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Wood Screen — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 108: A Fine Carved Wood and Organic Material Floor Screen, Japan Edo period ( 1603-1868) — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 109: A Giant Carved Parcel Gilt Painted Panel "The Eight Daoist Immortals", China, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 110: A Porcelain Plaque of Mao Zedong, China, . Second Half of the 20th Century — $300 - $400
• Lot 111: A Porcelain Plate Commemorating the 111th Anniversary of the Birth of Mao Zedong — $600 - $900
• Lot 112: A Propaganda Poster, "Political Power Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun", China, Cultural Revolution Period, 1970s — $200 - $300
• Lot 114: A Unique Hand-Painted Stamp Collage, China, 1920s-1930s — $500 - $700
• Lot 115: A Unique Hand-Painted Stamp Collage, China, 1920s-1930s — $500 - $700
• Lot 117: Unidentified Japanese Artist (18th-19th century), The Sage and His Disciple — $400 - $600
• Lot 118: Unidentified Artist Probably mid-Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Landscape — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 119: Unidentified Chinese Artist, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), Landscape — $300 - $500
• Lot 120: A Hand-Painted Print, China, 19th Century — $200 - $300
• Lot 121: Three Paintings, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — $400 - $600
• Lot 123: Xiong Peiyi, scroll painting, China, first half of the 20th century — $2,500 - $3,000
• Lot 124: Attrib. Guan Si (1552-1632), Landscape — $6,000 - $10,000
• Lot 125: A Chinese Scroll Painting, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Landscape — $600 - $900
• Lot 127: JIANG Shilun (Chinese, b. 1927), Six Paintings and Two Etchings — $500 - $600
• Lot 128: ZHANG Zongmei (b. 1964), Female Nude — $200 - $300
• Lot 129: Unidentified Chinese Aritst (Late Qing Dynasty), Portrait of a Woman — $400 - $600
• Lot 130: Attrib. Tai Chin (1368-1644)), Landscape — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 131: Attrib. Ma Yuan (1190-1224), Landscape — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 132: A Large Fine Silk Embroidery, "Nan-Ji-Xian-Weng", China, Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 133: Two Paintings, Persia, Qajar Period, 19thc — $300 - $400
• Lot 135: An Arabic Christian Manuscript of the Hexaemeron (Six Days of Creation), 1834 — $400 - $600
• Lot 136: An Elaborate Islamic Calligraphy on Paper — $500 - $1,000
• Lot 137: An Elaborate Islamic Calligraphy on Paper — $500 - $1,000
• Lot 138: An Islamic Calligraphy of Surah Al-Nas, Prob. Ottoman School, 19th Century — $400 - $600
• Lot 139: A Miniature Leather-Bound Manuscript Quran, Ottoman Empire, Early 20th Century — $400 - $500
• Lot 140: An Islamic Manuscript by al-Shafi'i, 18th-19th Century — $400 - $600
• Lot 141: An Islamic Manuscript, 19th Century — $400 - $600
• Lot 144: A Handwritten Qur'an, 18th/19th Century — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 145: An Islamic Manuscript, Prob. 17th-18th Century — $600 - $800
• Lot 146: An Important Islamic Manuscript, Ottoman Empire, 18th Century — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 147: An Islamic Manuscript, 18th Century- Presented with a dedication by the Minister of Gaza to the Mufti of Jaffa in 1834 — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 148: A Fine Islamic Sufi Manuscript, 17th-18th Century — $500 - $1,000
• Lot 149: A Fine and Important Islamic Sufi Manuscript, Ottoman Empire, 17th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 150: An Islamic Manuscript, 17th/18th Century — $500 - $1,000
• Lot 153: An Islamic Manuscript, 18th Century — $400 - $600
• Lot 154: An Islamic Manuscript, 17th Century — $400 - $600
• Lot 155: An Ottoman Islamic Book, Istanbul, 1799 — $300 - $500
• Lot 156: An Islamic Manuscript, 1864 — $400 - $600
• Lot 157: An Islamic Manuscript, 17th/18th Century — $600 - $800
• Lot 158: Three Impressive Islamic Illuminated Manuscript Leaves — $300 - $500
• Lot 159: An Illuminated Shi'ite Islamic Manuscript, Qajar Empire, 1813-1814 — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 160: An Islamic Traveler's Prayer, Late 19th Century — $400 - $600
• Lot 161: An Illuminated Quran Manuscript Leaf with Surat Al-Fatiha, Safavid Empire — $400 - $600
• Lot 162: An Islamic Manuscript, 18th-19th Century — $400 - $500
• Lot 163: An Islamic Manuscript, 18th-19th Century — $500 - $1,000
• Lot 164: A Silver Qur'an Case, 19th Century — $400 - $600
• Lot 165: A Regina Basha 18K Yellow Gold Pearl and Gemstone Necklace, Iraq, Early 20th Century — $4,000 - $6,000