New Delhi:
Thangkas, sculptures and ritual objects, from a Japanese collector of Tibetan art are coming up for auction in New York later this month. The sale also includes items associated with India.
The Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art Sale by Sotheby's scheduled on March 19 includes over 45 thangkas, sculptures and ritual objects, from the collection of Yoshitomo Tamashige.
The collection was first exhibited at Meditation Homeland in Toyama Prefecture in Japan in 2004 and published in a catalogue titled "Gems of Thangka Art."
Many of the works up for auction were also included in the 2005 exhibition "The World of Mandala" at the Okura Museum of Art in Tokyo.
Leading the sale is a very fine gilt copper alloy figure Depicting Tara from the Yongle period (1403-1424) and estimated to fetch approximately Rs 1.84 crore to Rs 3.06 crore ($300,000 to $500,000). It has been finished and gilded to perfection with the Yongle hallmark style of jewelry and lotus petals.
Also included from the collection in an epic thangka depicting a King, possibly Tri Ralpachen, one of the three legendary imperial patrons of early Buddhism in Tibet estimated to fetch approximately Rs 36,71 lakh to Rs 48.95 lakh ($60,000 to $80,000).
The very large-format narrative thangka depicts a temple at the centre.
Further highlights from the auction include a rare copper alloy figure depicting Bodhisattva Manjushri, the oldest and most significant bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhist literature. Cast in a lustrous copper alloy with silver inlay in the Kashmiri style has been estimated to fetch approximately Rs 2.14 crore to Rs 2.75 crore ($350,000 to $450,000).
An 18th century parcel gilt copper alloy group depicting Manjushri on a snowlion has been estimated to fetch between Rs 24.48 Lakh to Rs 36.72 lakh ($40,000 to $60,000) approximately.
Also up for offer is a large-scale granite figure of a Yakshi from South India and is pegged to sell between Rs 31 lakh to Rs 43 lakh ($50,000 to $70,000) approximately.
The 13th century bronze has been sourced from a private West Coast collection that includes Gandharan and Central Indian stone sculpture.
The auction also features an eclectic group of Indian miniature paintings from Rajasthan and Punjab led by a opaque watercolour with gold on paper titled "Maharana Ari Singh Searching the Skies circa 1764" estimated around Rs 9.18 lakh to Rs 12.24 lakh ($15,000 to $20,000).
The painting has been part of a private New York collection since 1989.
The Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art Sale by Sotheby's scheduled on March 19 includes over 45 thangkas, sculptures and ritual objects, from the collection of Yoshitomo Tamashige.
The collection was first exhibited at Meditation Homeland in Toyama Prefecture in Japan in 2004 and published in a catalogue titled "Gems of Thangka Art."
Many of the works up for auction were also included in the 2005 exhibition "The World of Mandala" at the Okura Museum of Art in Tokyo.
Leading the sale is a very fine gilt copper alloy figure Depicting Tara from the Yongle period (1403-1424) and estimated to fetch approximately Rs 1.84 crore to Rs 3.06 crore ($300,000 to $500,000). It has been finished and gilded to perfection with the Yongle hallmark style of jewelry and lotus petals.
Also included from the collection in an epic thangka depicting a King, possibly Tri Ralpachen, one of the three legendary imperial patrons of early Buddhism in Tibet estimated to fetch approximately Rs 36,71 lakh to Rs 48.95 lakh ($60,000 to $80,000).
The very large-format narrative thangka depicts a temple at the centre.
Further highlights from the auction include a rare copper alloy figure depicting Bodhisattva Manjushri, the oldest and most significant bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhist literature. Cast in a lustrous copper alloy with silver inlay in the Kashmiri style has been estimated to fetch approximately Rs 2.14 crore to Rs 2.75 crore ($350,000 to $450,000).
An 18th century parcel gilt copper alloy group depicting Manjushri on a snowlion has been estimated to fetch between Rs 24.48 Lakh to Rs 36.72 lakh ($40,000 to $60,000) approximately.
Also up for offer is a large-scale granite figure of a Yakshi from South India and is pegged to sell between Rs 31 lakh to Rs 43 lakh ($50,000 to $70,000) approximately.
The 13th century bronze has been sourced from a private West Coast collection that includes Gandharan and Central Indian stone sculpture.
The auction also features an eclectic group of Indian miniature paintings from Rajasthan and Punjab led by a opaque watercolour with gold on paper titled "Maharana Ari Singh Searching the Skies circa 1764" estimated around Rs 9.18 lakh to Rs 12.24 lakh ($15,000 to $20,000).
The painting has been part of a private New York collection since 1989.
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