New York, 12 September 2012
On 11 September 2012, Bonhams closed in New York the auction entitled “Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art”, emphasising on the Indian and Himalayan sculpture and painting, and also on south Asiatic sculpture.
The auctioned works covered the immense regions which span over Afghanistan to Indonesia, and multiple cultures and religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Jainism.
The best sales have been done on a Thai Buddha from the period Mon Dvaravati (sold for $674,500), one illustration from a Ramayana series, Rama and Lakshmana (sold for $74.500), another illustration from the third Rasamanjari of Bhanu Dutta (sold for $68.500) and a Chakrasamvara Distemper thangka originally from Tibet and dated around the XVII/ XVIII centuries (sold for $52.500).
