Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part I 28th & Part II 29th June 2022

Fine Asian Art | 28-29 & 30 June 2022 15 Additional information and photographs for all lots can be found at www.adams.ie JUAN CARLOS ENRIQUE KATZENSTEIN (1925-2018) Juan Carlos Enrique Katzenstein (1925-2018) was an Argentinian lawyer who specialized in international law and who graduated from the National University of Buenos Aires, the Trinity College of Oxford, the Center for International Studies of Roma and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He started his career in law as a civil servant of the Nation Judicial Power (1944-1955), then as a Secretary of the Special Federal Court of the Capital (1950-1955) and later joined the foreign service in December 1955 to embrace a career in diplomacy. In 1975, he was appointed an ambassador to Beijing (1975-1978), China and to the sovereign Order of Malta, his last tenure, from 1989 to 1991. A prominent Diplomat, he was awarded numerous rewards, including the Cross of Merit 1st class of the Order of Malta, June 15, 1960. His career path is highly impressive: - Ambassador to Brussels, Belgium (1972-1974); - Ambassador to Dhaka, Bangladesh (1974-1975); - Ambassador to Beijing, China (1975-1978) - Foreign Ministry Master of Ceremonies, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1978-1981) - Ambassador in Bern, Switzerland (1981-1986) - Ambassador to the Holy See and to the Sovereign Order of Malta, Vatican (1989-1991). He died in Buenos Aires, May 27, 2018. We are honored to present at auction a selection of pieces from his estate amongst which, above all, a large and major gilt bronze figure of an stone-embellished gilt bronze figure of an eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara dating to the 18th century. ⒸDR