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The Heart of Tantra – Buddhist Art Including Property from the Nyingjei Lam Collection

03 October 2017 | 11:00 AM HKT | Hong Kong

SALE TOTAL

130,593,750HKD
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  • 3124
    AN OUTSTANDING AND EXTREMELY RARE GILT-BRONZE DANCING FIGURE OF TARA PITTI UDDIYANA
    INCISED MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE
    LOT SOLD.29,912,500HKD
  • 3135
    A MAGNIFICENT AND MONUMENTAL GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF MAITREYA
    YUAN DYNASTY – HONGWU PERIOD
    null
    LOT SOLD.24,100,000HKD
  • 3122
    A MAGNIFICENT LARGE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI
    NEPAL, MALLA PERIOD, 14TH CENTURY
    null
    LOT SOLD.17,500,000HKD
  • 3136
    AN EXTREMELY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED LIMESTONE STELE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
    MING DYNASTY, YONGLE PERIOD
    LOT SOLD.9,700,000HKD
  • 3123
    A SPECTACULAR GILT-BRONZE GROUP OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHI
    CENTRAL TIBET, DENSATIL, 14TH – 15TH CENTURY
    LOT SOLD.9,460,000HKD
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Sale Number: HK0749 Lots : 48

SALE TOTAL

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The inaugural sale of Himalayan and Chinese Buddhist works of art commences with a section of 21 early Tibetan bronze sculptures emanating from the renowned Nyingjei Lam collection, formerly on loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, now being sold for the benefit of charities in India. Highlights of the rest of the sale include a monumental early standing bronze figure of Maitreya from an American private collection and a 14th century Nepalese giltbronze figure of Manjushri, originally given by the King of Nepal to the Canadian diplomat Chester Ronning.

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Chinese Works of Art
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