VISIONS OF PERFECT WORLDS: BUDDHIST ART FROM THE HIMALAYAS. - Softcover

Visions of Perfect Worlds. Buddhist Art from the Himalayas,

Zustand: Sehr gut. Original softcover binding, 126 pages, numerous illustrations, very good condition. Excellen dealer`s catalogue of a sales exhibition, which took place from Monday 15th November to Tuesday 30th November 1999. Offered were i.a. a very early Manjushri statue from Kashmir, a wonderful Densatil gilt bronze of Acala, a very large wook portrait of a lama of the Kagyu school, a very curious writing set from Tibet with Englishmen on horses and some early rugs. Also on offer was a sculpture of "Lama Lobpai Dorje", Central Tibet, 15th century, cat. no. 27. This catalogue is Spink`s largest Tibet catalogue with huge photos of the objects, other then the others in the series the objects are not described, so there is no information, how this identification is justified. This statue was actually subsequently sold by Christies, New York, in their sale 9474 on 20th September 2000, lot 65 (realising USD 23,500), we have not seen it since then. However, it was not the first publication, Ulrich von Schroeder made a photo of it in 1996, when it was still in Lhasa, part of the collection of the main temple there, the Tsuglakhang, where it had the inventory no. 602[A]. von Schroeder identified the sculpture as Mahapandita (without exactly identifying it; Christies followed this, mentioning that it has no inscription and defies exact identification, speculating that it shows one of the great scholar sages of Indian Buddhism, such as Aryadeva, Dignaga, Gunaprabha, or Buddhapalita). Rare proof that still in the 1990s high quality objects were stolen from Tibetan collections. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 950. Artikel-Nr. 26886

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