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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF

MRS. ANGELA JUCKER-GRUNNAUER LOTS 1630-1656

The following group of thangkas from that began in 1959 when Dr. Ernst Jucker The Juckers were passionate
the Estate of Mrs. Angela Jucker- first visited India and was drawn to the art connoisseurs who saw themselves as
Grunnauer is part of the world-famous of this region. Over the next 42 years, the ‘caretakers’ of these works. They wished
Jucker Collection. Highlights from this Juckers deepened their knowledge and that others would derive as much
collection were first offered at Sotheby’s appreciation of this art through association enjoyment from their artworks as they
New York in 2006 creating a benchmark with eminent Tibetan and Indian art did. The Indian and Southeast Asian
for the Himalayan art market that will scholars, building a collection that was department is pleased to present Part 2
long be remembered. broad and deep in its scope and covering of the Collection in the present auction,
These rare and beautiful works were almost ten centuries of art production in with Part 1 having been sold in our Asia
acquired during the course of a journey Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and Sikkim. Week sales of September 2018.

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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AN A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF
VAJRADHARA OFFERING GODDESS MANJUSHRI
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY TIBET, 17TH CENTURY TIBET, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
Height 5 in., 12.7 cm Height 4⅛ in., 10.5 cm Height 4¾ in., 12.1 cm

$ 5,000-7,000 $ 3,000-5,000 $ 5,000-7,000

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