Bonhams raises USD 60,000 for Nepal quake relief

A 15th-century sculpture of Buddhist guru Gayadhara fetched USD 2.09 million, while a fourteenth - fifteenth century Tibetan Buddha realised USD 185,000 at Bonhams recent New York sale, which raised over USD 60,000 for quake relief work in Nepal.

A section of the sale of Indian and Himalayan art during the a week of Asian art sales in New York on September 13-14. was devoted to raising funds for Nepal, following devastating earthquakes in April.

Auctioneers said in a statement today that a donation, dividing the proceeds from this section equally between two charities, the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust and Save the Children.
 

"Bonhams is immensely pleased to present more than $60,000 to the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust and Save the Children - both incredibly worthwhile causes that preserve Nepalese heritage and provide humanitarian relief, respectively," Director, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art Edward Wilkinson said.

Other significant lots in the 123-lot sale included a schist head of a Bodhisattva which sold for USD 149,000, a thangka from an arhat set: Pindola Bharadvaja, which sold for USD 100,000 and a Jain invitation scroll (Vijnaptipatra) that was sold for USD 46,250.