[INDOLOGY] auction Piprahwa gems

Wed May 7 04:58:42 UTC 2025

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 <sauthoff at hkbu.edu.hk>
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 <V.Sasson at marianopolis.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 6, 2025 7:49:29 PM
> *To:* Patricia SAUTHOFF <sauthoff at hkbu.edu.hk>; Tieken, H.J.H. (Herman) <
> H.J.H.Tieken at hum.leidenuniv.nl>; Indology List <
> indology at list.indology.info>
> *Subject:* Re: auction Piprahwa gems
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> 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
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> *From:* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
> Patricia SAUTHOFF <sauthoff at hkbu.edu.hk>
> *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 <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
> Tieken, H.J.H. (Herman) via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 6, 2025 5:26:45 PM
> *To:* Indology List <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] auction Piprahwa gems
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> 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/
>
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