Established in 1916, the Cleveland Museum of Art located in Ohio has witnessed the two World Wars. The Museum owns many Asian artworks, such as Buddha figures and thangkas from different regions of the Central Asia and Southeast Asia. Sotheby's upcoming Asian Week of spring 2017 presents the sale "Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art Including Property from The Cleveland Museum of Art", which offers a selection of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain devotional, ritual and decorative works of art. Exciting enough, the selection includes valuable collections of the Museum of Cleveland of Art!

Sale Details

Auction House: Sotheby's New York
Sale: Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art Including Property from The Cleveland Museum of Art
Sale No.: N09665
No. of Lot: 126
Viewing:
2017/3/9-14  10am-5pm
2017/3/11-12  10am-6pm
Sale Time: 2017/3/15  10am

Top Lots

A RARE SILVER PORTRAIT OF THE SIXTH SHAMARPA, CHÖKYI WANGCHUK, Tibet, early 17th Century

Lot No.: 221
Estimate: US$400,000 - 500,000

A LARGE AND RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI INLAID WITH SILVER AND COPPER, Tibet, 13th Century

Lot No.: 212
Estimate: US$ 300,000-500,000

A BRONZE GROUP OF SHIVA EMBRACINGUMA (ALINGANAMURTI), Southern India, Chola period, 12th Century

Lot No.: 255
Estimate: US$300,000 - 500,000

• The Review | 17th Century Tibetan Silver Portrait of the 6th Shamapra | Lot 221
• The Review | Sotheby's | 17th Century Gilt-Bronze Avalokiteshvara with Inscription of the 10th Karmapa | Lot 223
• The Review | 18th / 19th Century Nagthang of Panjara Mahakala and Brahmanarupa Mahakala | Lot 239
• Sotheby's New York Asia Week Overview | March 17