Bonhams is augmenting its selection with a separate single-owner auction titled Portraits of the Masters.
This features 108 Tibetan bronze sculptures headed by a 9in (23cm) high 13th century gilt copper alloy figure of Drigunga Jigten Sumgon Rinchen pel (1143-1217), above right, estimated at $250,000-350,000.
A group of property from the Cleveland Museum of Art will be included in Sotheby’s Indian Himalayan and South East Asian sale on March 15. Its highlight is a Chola period bronze group of Shiva embracing Uma (above left), which was purchased in 1954 from the dealer CT Loo and is thus making its first appearance on the market in over 60 years. It carries an estimate of $300,000-500,000.
