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

Sotheby's
5/F One Pacific Place,
88 Queensway, Hong Kong
Oct 03, 2017


Detail: 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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A copper-inlaid bronze figure of Kala Jambhala
A copper-inlaid bronze figure of Kala Jambhala
Tibet
13th-14th century
14.9 cm, 5 5/8 in.

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