HIMALAYAN, CHINESE, JAPANESE & SOUTH EAST ASIAN ART

DATE: Monday 20 July | 6pm

LOCATION: Live Online Virtual Auction – 124 James Street, Leichhardt

Theodore Bruce is pleased to be offer an Important Collection of Himalayan Art Objects from the Collection of respected International collector & former dealer, in all things Tibetan, Nepalese & Indian, Marie-Francoise Fatton of Au Lion de Neiges: Objets Anciens de Culture Tibétaine.

Au Lion Des Neiges: Objets Anciens de Culture Tibétaine, was synonymous with high quality artefacts, expertise & scholarship. Works were toured to Exhibitions & Fairs in North America & Europe.

The Collection includes 50 lots of Himalayan Art in clay & wood, bronze statuary, painted furniture, wool rugs & ritual objects

Marie-Francoise is French/Swiss, born in Switzerland living in Australia for more than half her life & devoted the last 40 years to promoting the arts of Tibet with a focus on Buddhist statuary & everyday objects.

Making her first trip to Kathmandu in 1979, twenty years after the Dalai Lama & 100,000 Tibetans fled to Nepal & India, Marie-Francoise offered rare ritual and unusual objects from Tibet, Nepal, Ladakh, Bhutan and Mongolia.

Marie-Françoise Fatton is the published author of Certain Aspects of Tibetan in Art, 2004

The Metropolitan Museum NY, The Newark Museum NJ, The Musee Guimet in Lyon France, The Art Gallery of NSW Sydney made acquisitions through Au Lion Des Neige

Auction Details:
Himalayan, Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art
Virtual Live Auction | Monday 20 July 2020 | 6pm