Asia Week New York, from 11–20 March, coincides with the first anniversary of the pandemic’s descent on the city. Unsurprisingly, with travel and other restrictions in flux, the event’s organisers have opted for a hybrid model, combining gallery visits by appointment with online viewing rooms. The good news is that, with the virus gradually being beaten back and as our sensory deprivation starts to lift, about 30 galleries and auction houses will be presenting wares whose patterns, pigments, textures and provenance trails promise to enthral visitors.
Two Chinese bronze sculptures from the early Ming dynasty (1368–1644), offered at Zetterquist Galleries, were likely made at the same workshop or by close competitors. Flecked with old gilding, they depict, respectively, a mortal and Sakyamuni Buddha seated on lotuses. The gallerist Eric Zetterquist found one of the statues in Japan more than a decade ago – part of its petalled base is a woodcarving dating to the Edo period (1
CHINA / SOCIETY By Zhang Yun Published: Feb 07, 2021 08:00 PM
The Qing Resident Minister in Tibet Office in Lhasa is now open to the public Photo: XinhuaRecently some foreign hostile forces smeared the historical convention and principles of the reincarnation of Tibetan living Buddhas. They tried to deny the essence of the relationship between the central government of the Yuan Dynasty and the local government of Tibet as well as the institutional norms of the central government of the Qing Dynasty in administering the living Buddhas by talking loosely without any historical data or factual basis.
They even made groundless attacks on the