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AFTERNOON SESSION
14:00
LOTS 106-216
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
THE LATE JOHN BARNETT
LOTS 106-128
John Barnett was an eclectic dealer and collector of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian art, Renaissance bronzes,
medieval artefacts and Tribal art. Among the important works of art that he handled during his career was the
renowned 13th century gilt copper standing Nepalese Buddha, known colloquially as ‘Superman’ that was eventually
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sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 2902 for HKD 80,200,000. John’s connoisseur’s appreciation for
fine and rare Asian sculpture and painting is seen in the beautifully painted 16th century Tibetan thangka depicting
Sakya hierarchs, lot 106, and in the rare and early bronze Kurukulla from the Western Himalayas, lot 121, one of the
only known examples of this iconography from the region.
約翰 · 巴尼特(John Barnett)生前為一名兼收並蓄的骨董商及收藏家，其涉略廣博，貫穿印度、喜馬拉雅和東南亞藝術、文藝
復興時期青銅器、中世紀手工藝品和部落藝術。在其職業生涯中經手的重要藝術品包括著名的「超人」- 13 世紀鎏金銅釋
迦牟尼佛立像， 2015 年 2 月 12 日於香港佳士得成交，拍品編 2902，售價 80,200,000 港元。約翰對亞洲雕塑及繪畫過人的鑑
賞力可見於本次拍品中，例如拍品106西藏十六世紀四薩迦派喇嘛唐卡，以及拍品106喜馬拉雅西部少數已知的咕嚕咕列佛母
像。
David WELDON
Lot 106 (detail)
