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Collector Gives Tibetan Art Collection to Smithsonian

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WASHINGTON, DC - A New York art collector has announced the donation of Tibetan art, including a shrine room, to the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Alice Kandell announced the donation of her collection at a ceremony with the Dalai Lama at the Smithsonian on Saturday. She built the collection over 40 years. The shrine room contains hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist bronzes, paintings and objects created between the 12th and 19th centuries on the Tibetan Plateau and in China and Mongolia. There are also textiles and painted chests dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The shrine room is on view at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. PHOTO: Smithsonian Affiliates.[link]
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Ernest O. Britton said…
I first read about Alice Kendall's collection in "Traditional Home" (April 2010). What stood out, aside from her religious art addiction is that she's not even a Buddhist. I also saw the shrine room at the Rubin and it is truly amazing. She is author of "Sikkim: The Hidden Kingdom," which is illustrated with some of her 10,000 photographs. What a wonderful gift to leave the nation.
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