Early Chinese Bronzes

Ming Dynasty Bronzes

Qing Dynasty Bronzes

Masterpieces of Himalayan Sculpture

Himalayan Painting

Tibetan Portrait Sculpture

Early Stone Sculpture

New York

Dharma and Tantra is a carefully curated auction of sculptures, paintings and ritual works of art that encapsulate the development and diffusion of Buddhist art in Asia. The journey originates in the ancient region of Gandhara with a private English collection of stone sculpture and traverses the Silk Road with a comprehensive group of early Chinese sculpture from the Six Dynasties period through to the Liao dynasty, finally culminating in a fine selection of gilt-bronzes from the Imperial palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and a unique set of sutra covers from the Kangxi Kangyur. The sale also includes a 7th century Japanese wood stupa enclosing arguably the earliest Buddhist printed text in private hands.<br><br>Highlights of the Himalayan section include seven bronzes from the Nyingjei Lam collection, sold to raise funds to support medical and educational projects throughout Asia, a group of thangkas formerly in the Fournier collection with Musée Guimet exhibition history, an early Western Tibet figure of Padmapani from the Pan-Asian and Ellsworth collections and a magnificent Yuan dynasty gilt-copper alloy figure of Hevajra and Nairatmya, formerly in the collection of the Cathay Art Museum.<br><br>Sale Number: N11207

Highlights of the Himalayan section include seven bronzes from the Nyingjei Lam collection, sold to raise funds to support medical and educational projects throughout Asia, a group of thangkas formerly in the Fournier collection with Musée Guimet exhibition history, an early Western Tibet figure of Padmapani from the Pan-Asian and Ellsworth collections and a magnificent Yuan dynasty gilt-copper alloy figure of Hevajra and Nairatmya, formerly in the collection of the Cathay Art Museum.

Dharma and Tantra, including Masterpieces from the Nyingjei Lam Collection