Standout items from the gathering embrace a late twelfth/early Thirteenth-century portrait thangka of a Tibetan Buddhist instructor and a Sixteenth-century copper alloy portrait of Lowo Khenchen Sonam Lundrup, the nice abbot of Mustang in modern-day Nepal, each of that are anticipated to fetch $400,000-$600,000. A Nepalese paubha, a spiritual portray of a Vaishnavite temple dated 1716, is estimated between $300,000 and $500,000.
“The Richard C. Blum and Senator Dianne Feinstein Assortment of Himalayan Artwork is a real testomony to the couple’s discerning eye and a spotlight to element when including to their assortment for over 30 years,” stated Edward Wilkinson, Bonhams’ world head of Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian artwork. “The gathering was integral to their lives, current virtually with out exception in each room of their properties and places of work. We’re honored to be entrusted with bringing it to public sale.”
Blum, a non-public fairness investor who based the American Himalayan Basis in 1981 and befriended the Dalai Lama, died in 2022. As RadarOnline.com beforehand reported, squabbles over Blum’s sizable property started earlier than Feinstein died in September 2023.
The 90-year-old California senator gave her daughter Katherine Feinstein energy of legal professional in July, shortly earlier than Katherine filed a lawsuit towards the trustees of Dianne’s late husband’s property.
Based on the court docket submitting, Katherine alleged that property co-trustees Michael Klein, Marc Scholvinck, and Verett Mims violated California’s elder abuse legal guidelines of their dealing with of monetary disbursements to her late mom.