Sotheby after the Buddhist gemstones that India called “colonial exploitation”

A group of Buddhist gemstones that are once mixed with the burning residue in Buddha will not be sold to the highest bidding this week as planned.

Sotheby’s postponed its planned auction for PipRahwa after her protest against Buddhists, artists and the government of India, which threatened legal measures and accused the prestigious mediator of “participating in continuous colonial exploitation.”

The auction house said on Wednesday that the sale was delayed with the approval of its customers, which is three descendants from the British landowner who discovered the effects from the place of rest in India 127 years ago.

“This will allow discussions between the two parties, and we look forward to sharing any updates as necessary,” the company said.

Naman Ahuja, a professor of Buddhist art at the University of Jawaher Lal Nehru in New Delhi, said that gemstones are “the cultural ownership of the world” and should not control them.

“It is a great matter to hear that the sacred monuments can be a commodity,” Ahua said. As it happens Nil Kӧksal host on Tuesday, before the announcement.

“One of them did not know that the things that were inserted with the original ash of Buddha – as you know, the offers that pilgrims and people who already belong to the Buddha family – this way.”

“Unusual Things”

The group includes a butterfly, coral reefs, pearls, agate and gold and more, some of which work in the fluctuations and beads. They are called “a group of precious materials” that are “religious, archaeological and historical importance.”

On this point, AHUJA and Sotheby’s.

Ahuja said with the laughter of joy, as he described their vision personally at the Asian Museum of Civilizations at the Asian Museum of Civilizations at the Museum of Singapore and the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York City. “They are very beautiful.”

But long before it was shown in museums, or prepared for public auction, it was mixed with ash and bone fragments from Siddhartha Gautama, which is usually referred to as Buddha, and was buried for thousands of years in a prize monument, known as Stopa, in the current strings of Pradesh, India.

He stayed there until 1898, when William Kalalaton Bibi, real estate director in English, stayed there.

According to the Guardian newspaperThe British Crown claimed the discovery of Bibi under the Indian Treasure Law of 1878. The bones and ash were given to the SIAM, while most of the 1800 gemstones went to what is now the Indian Museum in Kolkata.

But about a fifth of the remaining five gemstones, which Sotheby describes as “repetitions”, remained with Peppé and passed through his heirs-the director and producer that is taking Los Angeles recently Chris Bibi.

CBC contacted Peppé to comment through Sotheby’s and his agent, but she has not heard.

In an article on SothebyBibi describes his family’s relationship with the archeology as “guardian”.

He wrote: “Since the time we have received the remnants of Piprahwa Gem, my cousin and I sought to make it possible to watch by the audience (in terms of perfect Buddhist audience) to see without any cost of the institution that borrows them.”

Over the past six years, he says, precious stones have been shown in museums around the world. He said he wanted “the strength of these gemstones to reach everyone, Buddhists or not.”

“With the end of our occurrence in the effects of GEM PIPRHAWA, I hope they will really go to someone who really appreciates them. I hope that many people can see gemstones and communicate with the Buddhists who gave them more than 2000 years, with our common human experience from Wonder and AWE and with his instructions.”

India issues a legal notice

Tell the BBC News He and his family looked at donating the effects of temples and museums, but they “all provided various problems in precise scrutiny.”

He said: “It seems that the auction is the most just and transparent way to transfer these effects to the Buddhists and we are confident that Sotheby will achieve this.”

However, the Indian government believes that the best to do with precious stones is to return them.

The country’s Ministry of Culture has issued a legal notice of Peppé and Sotheby’s Hong Kong calling for the auction to stop the auction, restore effects and issue a general apology.

The notification, Fullly published on InstagramBibi and Sotheby accuses the violation of Indian and international law that protects the elements of cultural heritage, and threatens to issue legal measures against them “before the competent international bodies, Indian courts and Hong Kong.”

He was asked if this threat would be sufficient Eliminate The auction said, “I must.”

“The moral and correct thing is for the Sotheby and The Peppé family to realize that this is the inherent heritage in the world, cooperation in spreading them alone safe, and their safe transfer to India in favor of all Buddhists.”

The ministry said on Facebook on Wednesday that it was a pleasure that “the auction was postponed after its intervention.