Rare Mongolian Buddhist Art Auctioned in the Big Apple
Shocking. Rare Mongolian Buddhist Art was auctioned in New York
Sue Bond PR - Press Release -
Treasures from Mongolia: Buddhist Sculpture from the School of Zanabazar:
"Treasures from Mongolia: Buddhist Sculpture from the School of Zanabazar, the first ever selling exhibition devoted to Mongolian sculpture, will be staged by Rossi & Rossi at Barbara Mathes Gallery, Fuller Building, 41 East 57th Street, New York, from Monday 28 March to Monday 4 April 2005. The exhibition comprises over twenty gilded pieces dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. Formerly in a private collection, the sculptures are unpublished and have never before been exhibited. This exhibition offers an extraordinary opportunity to see a considerable number of outstanding Mongolian sculptures of various Buddhist subjects. The prices will range from $25,000 to over $150,000."
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I think it's amazing how much people outside the country really are fascinated and enthralled by Mongolian culture, especially it's Buddhist tradition. Sites like this one and the new trend in books and art that focus on Mongolia are expanding the general public consciousness worldwide of the Mongol nation as distinct and fascinating entity. I know even a few years ago, there were very few who thought of Mongolia as anything other than an appendage of China. That has changed. Zanzabar was brilliant and I've seen some of his work at the Mongolian National History Museuem, the Chojin Lama Temple and the Bogd Khan Winetr Palace. It's too bad that so many Mongolians are so common-place about it all, perhaps because of the Russian crusade against all things Mongolian and Buddhist for 70 years?
I was looking around this site for the first time and this article struck me. I worked in Mongolia from 1999 to 2005 and have even been accused by some officials of trying to steal Buddhist treasures from the country.
Zanabazar was a prolific, skilled and amazing artist, as well as having a significant impact on the history of Mongolian Buddhism and politics. How did these pieces get out of Mongolia and how are they being sold to the public! These are museum quality pieces and should be in a museum and not kept in someone's living room in New York.
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