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NEW YORK, New York March 23, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A contemporary Chinese scroll painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, the highest ranking Buddhist leader, soared to a hammer price of $16,500,000 at Gianguan Auctions New York, breaking the artist\u2019s auction record. The action took place on Sunday, March 22nd during a sale that also featured traditional Buddhist art and splendors of the Qing Dynasty.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLot 109, titled \u201cInk Lotus,\u201d is a vigorous ink-and-color on paper that, at first glance, seems an abstract work created by a blast of wind that has swept up the scroll and left behind sublime trails of black ink overrun with broken strokes and riotous splotches. From the confusion order emerges in the form of pink lotus blossoms that stand pure and elegant. \nThe work bears the artist’s statement in calligraphy that translates \u201cAn utter chaos strewn with broken strokes: a peculiar sight, yet wondrously endowed with a soul-soothing charm\u201d.\n\u201cInk Lotus\u201d was purchased by an American collector. The price quoted does not include buyer\u2019s premium, which was not disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was schooled in the ancient arts of Chinese scholars and has long enjoyed a reputation as a masterful painter. His works are on view in the International Art Museum of America, Covina, CA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That same year, the artist\u2019s \u201cContemporary Carp\u201d reached the podium at Gianguan Auctions. It brought $330,000. That auction also saw his \u201cContemporary Cat\u201d reach $230,000. The sale of \u201cInk Lotus\u201d now firmly places the work of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III at the highest levels of contemporary art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the occasion of the opening of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III\u2019s International Art Museum of America, the US government sent a fleet of historic World War II airplanes to create a cloud cluster above the museum. Congress also passed Resolution No. 6L4 formally using the honorific title of H.H. (His Holiness) for H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. A year earlier, the Mayor of Washington, DC, proclaimed January 19,2011 H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day. The United States Postal Service issued a commemorative envelope in honor of the day.\nAccording to Gianguan Auctions director Mary Ann Lum the buyer of \u201cInk Lotus\u201d prefers to remain anonymous. Mrs. Lum did, however, state announced that the painting will travel to California, where it will become part of a private collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The decision to channel the sale of \u201cInk Lotus\u201d through Gianguan Auctions is appropriate. Not only is Gianguan Auctions the only Chinese-American owned auction house in New York, its owner, Kwong Lum, also shares international acclaim as an artist. In 2013 Mr. Lum was honored by the Cultural Department of Xinhui in the city of Jiangmen, Guangdong Province. \n\nFor details on \u201cInk Lotus\u201d as well as Qing Dynasty Buddhist art and sculpture, along with decorative splendors of the Qing Dynasty, in Gianguan Auctions Asia Week sale on March 22, 2015, please visit www.gianguanauctions.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
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