Dear all, Following Dr. Sauthoff's reportage, Reuters just announced the same...
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/sothebys-postpones-auction-gems-linked-buddha-after-india-threatens-legal-action-2025-05-07/ *Sincerely,* *Westin Harris* Ph.D. Candidate Study of Religion University of California, Davis https://religionsgrad.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris <https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris> 2021 Dissertation Fellow, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies Sarva Mangalam. On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM Patricia SAUTHOFF <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am at Sotheby’s now. The official word of cancellation came in only a > few minutes before the auction was slated to begin. It is currently > officially only “postponed.” > > > > Patricia Sauthoff > 司徒 雛菊 > Assistant Professor > Department of History > Hong Kong Baptist University > ------------------------------ > *From:* Vanessa Sasson <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 6, 2025 7:49:29 PM > *To:* Patricia SAUTHOFF <[email protected]>; Tieken, H.J.H. (Herman) < > [email protected]>; Indology List < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: auction Piprahwa gems > > CAUTION! EXTERNAL EMAIL (not being sent from @hkbu email system): Do not > click links, open attachments, or respond to it unless you trust the email > source/verify the identity of the sender by other means. > > > > Dear colleagues, > > > The BBC also did a piece on the auction this morning: > > https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7vn24j3v2jo > > > John Strong (who is cited in the Guardian piece) wrote a wonderful chapter > about these jewels/relics that some of you might be interested in: see his > chapter, "Beads and Bones: The Case of the Piprahwa Relics," in *Jewels, > Jewelry and Other Shiny Things in the Buddhist Imaginary*, ed. Vanessa R. > Sasson (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2021), 185-207. > > > Cheers, > > > Vanessa R. Sasson > > Religious Studies > > Marianopolis College > ------------------------------ > *From:* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of > Patricia SAUTHOFF <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 6, 2025 6:08:20 AM > *To:* Tieken, H.J.H. (Herman); Indology List > *Subject:* [BULK] Re: [INDOLOGY] auction Piprahwa gems > > Dear Herman, > > Thank you for sharing this update. The auction is still at this time > scheduled according to Sotheby's. I plan to attend tomorrow if the action > goes ahead. > > > https://www.sothebys.com/buy/2320479f-3f71-4a30-904d-268b0c40cfdc/lots/7e2a9c38-e1f0-4bb2-bde7-82452dc0bd37 > > Patricia Sauthoff > 司徒 雛菊 > Assistant Professor > Department of History > Hong Kong Baptist University > ------------------------------ > *From:* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of > Tieken, H.J.H. (Herman) via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 6, 2025 5:26:45 PM > *To:* Indology List <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] auction Piprahwa gems > > CAUTION! EXTERNAL EMAIL (not being sent from @hkbu email system): Do not > click links, open attachments, or respond to it unless you trust the email > source/verify the identity of the sender by other means. > > > Dear List members, > > In todays Guardian the above article on the auction of the Piprahwa gems > appeared. The action is planned for 7 May. I am not sure if the link works. > But the Guardian can be freely read on the internet. > > Herman > > > https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/05/india-tries-to-halt-auction-of-piprahwa-gems-found-with-buddhas-remains > > Herman Tieken > 's-Herenstraat 66 > 3155 SL Maasland > The Netherlands > 00 31 (0)10 7617502 > 00 (0)6 14652798 > website: hermantieken.com > > *The Aśoka Inscriptions: Analysing a corpus*, New Delhi: Primus Books, > 2023. > > https://primusbooks.com/ancient/the-asoka-inscriptions-analysing-a-corpus-by-herman-tieken/ > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Baptist University Logo] > > Disclaimer > > This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential > information intended for a specific individual and/or purpose. If you are > not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify the > sender and the University immediately. 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