Family Kept Rare 12th Century Buddha Statue
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2023
- A family in France had been living for years with a priceless religious artifact from the 12th century and they didn’t even know it. A very rare wood figure of the Guanyin Bodhisattva had been passed down through generations of a family since the 1930s. The statue stands a little over 3 feet tall, but that small height is expected to garner a huge profit when it is sold at auction. Because of its rarity, Bonhams Auction House estimates the carving will sell for about 1 million US dollars.
imagine moving that from places to places for centuries and still in one piece. now that's dedication!
Compassion, kindness, and love.
We could use more of that these days.
Peace and reason.
The family for generations has kept this priceless artifact in their home with love and care. You can tell how well it's been taken care of.
Wow. Those eyes have seen things.
Its beautiful! Amazing how was passed on from generation to generation still in good shape too.
During Chin Dynasty, the last Dynasty of China, the country was invaded by more than 8 different foreign countries. China was plundered and pillaged. This artifact might just be one of them.
Just means it was preserved from the hands of Maoists. There's a reason it's rare.
@@calesaucer2695 Sounds like an excuse for theft
Must artifacts were looted from the pillage of the Summer Palace
It infact is, this dates back to the song dynasty, a true treasure only would have been found in yuanmingyuan, these foreign dogs should return what is stolen, or don’t question when their museums get raided
@@calesaucer2695 stop NS, did maosist remove great wall?
By "passed down by generations" they mean somewhere along the line, they acquired that from somewhere and never return it to it's original place. Why is it so hard to say they stole it from China?
What if they didn’t🤦♂️ you make yourself believe one thing and you think it’s automatically right.
If it's passed down, most likely they won't know origin.
@Adora Tsang and how did it end up in Paris? Ah yes raid of yuanmingyuan and the opium wars, this must be returned to China as it is Chinese property, colonialism of property is still colonialism!
@@pinkyssj4 china’s artifacts were very concentrated in the forbidden city and it’s counterpart summer palace, the summer palace was raided and burnt, this definitely was one of the stuff stolen by the French during the yuanmingyuan raid, as it is IMPOSSIBLE that the mongols bought this statue to America. (This statue is from the song dynasty or mongol empire)
@@Ozandup-only It was removed from China during a time that the country was in turmoil. Do you seriously think that it was just gifted to someone?
So was it forcefully taken from the family or did they get the right to auction it off
Pretty sure they will take the auction winnings
Better question how did the family get the statue in the first place? And is it of their heritage?
Most likely the family had taken forcefully from actual righteous country.
Awesome.. it's in really good shape.
Wow. Really really beautiful. I’ve never seen something like this.
It’s a very nice piece.
That is amazing living in your house and there's a piece of History looking at you🤔
namo budhay🙏❣️
Wow! Why did those people take it away though?! It’s the families statue and they should be able to keep it
They don't clarify if the carving was confiscated or if the family decided to sell it, hopefully it's the latter.
So the answer to the question is Bonham's is a private sale company/auction house. So the statue wasn't taken away. They decided to sell it. If it was confiscated, it would be returned to China and not sold. In order for an ancient item like this Bodhisattva to be offered for sale by private sale or auction, Bonham's investigates the provenance of the item, where it came from, how the current owners and previous owners obtained the item. They also advertise the item and give a certain amount of time for anyone to come forward who has any evidence as to the provenance that was not previously provided that would show it was plundered, stolen or looted. The fines for a private seller or auction house to deal in smuggled or stolen goods is extremely high, and no company would take that risk if they can not prove the provenance.
They decided to sell it!
@@harlowesadventuresinwonder1564 it’s a looted item during the pillage of the Summer Palace. It doesn’t matter if the provenance is fake or not, the auctioneers will still sell it since they get a commission of 10-15%
It should have be taken away, this wasn’t their property in the first place, this was property of the emperor of China, it was looted during the raid of yuanmingyuan,
Amazing (not really) how Europeans have museums with priceless artwork/artifacts of other countries
Thieves that's how....
So does the USA
@@ytzpilot Thieves....
@@ToFesterbuying something isn’t theft. Nobody will see it in buttfuck nowhere.
@@Devoted_Catholic777 Buying something that was originally stolen from another nation is.
They tried so hard not to say "the statue was stolen from China"
It sounds like it was sold or given away before it was destroyed
Exactly!!! 😂
TBH, it would've loley been destroyed in China as the Communist don't believe in religion. During the 70s, the CCP went through the Cultural Revolution which saw them send bands know as Red Guard who destroyed many items of the Old China
@Rafael Dejesus colonization?
@Rafael Dejesus I mean bro does it even matter to you? You already seemed convinced they did something with they grubby hands
Inside edition always with the juiciest topics
And i got to see it for free! Thanks!
Wow that's really great
I wish I had that Buddha Statue
Namo Buddhay 🙏
That’s actually really cool
How about returning it to the country it was likely stolen from?
Why do you think it was stolen ?
@@d.o.g573 they’re a virtue signal specialist with an agenda bro
@@d.o.g573the woman said it herself: these statues back then was either destroyed or "sold". Sold is just a polite way to say it was stolen then sold to western family.
yeah, 99% sure that thing was stolen, 1% sure it was bought. lot of mayan pieces were stolen from my country. Americans be like we bought them.
Nope, they’ll most probably bun it.
It would mean more to me than just the money.
cool and there was an underwater city in China that was about 92% preserved decades later
It was probably stolen
that family better get that money, the British be stealing alot of history that's not even theirs.
Strangely, the 12th century statue smelled like Lemon Pledge.
How you going to auction something that was originally stolen.
On one hand it was definitely stolen back then, BUT if it wasnt stolen then it would have most likely been destroyed from conflict.
No, it was stolen during the raid of yuanmingyuan or the opium wars, everything was free loot. If they didn’t loot yuanmingyuan, everything would have been perfectly fine with the palace and it’s artifacts
Not necessarily. After the fall of the Qing dynasty thousands if not millions of artifacts were taken out of the country and sold in Hong Kong to westerners due to the weak powers of the short lived republic.
During the Chinese civil war both the communists and the nationalists looted ancient temples, sites, tombs, and artifacts and sold them to fund the war against each other.
Even during the Qing poor peasants were selling off long lost relics to foreigners for a quick buck.
And during the 1950s and 1960s during the cultural Revolution Chinese communists under the order of Mao destroyed thousands of priceless artifacts and antiquities in order to rid themselves of the four olds. Old ideas, customs, habits, culture.
So it’s not guaranteed it’s been looted. It’s likely it was sold during tumultuous times during the 20th century. If the Chinese won’t appreciate them let someone else have it.
@@courtly5982
Not necessarily. After the fall of the Qing dynasty thousands if not millions of artifacts were taken out of the country and sold in Hong Kong to westerners due to the weak powers of the short lived republic.
During the Chinese civil war both the communists and the nationalists looted ancient temples, sites, tombs, and artifacts and sold them to fund the war against each other.
Even during the Qing poor peasants were selling off long lost relics to foreigners for a quick buck.
And during the 1950s and 1960s during the cultural Revolution Chinese communists under the order of Mao destroyed thousands of priceless artifacts and antiquities in order to rid themselves of the four olds. Old ideas, customs, habits, culture.
So it’s not guaranteed it’s been looted. It’s likely it was sold during tumultuous times during the 20th century. If the Chinese won’t appreciate them let someone else have it.
Also they second half isn’t true either. Because even at the height of Yuanmingyuan sections of the palace complex were in a state of disrepair. The Qianlong emperor’s Jesuit courtier Giuseppe Castiglione notes that certain temples in the old summer palace were overgrown and had been neglected.
It's museum quality....it's rare and sacred....why is it being auctioned?!
It should be returned to it's original country, honestly
You don't even know how the family acquired the carving, perhaps it was sold, perhaps it was somehow stolen during conflict, perhaps it was given as some sort of gift. You have no idea yet you jump to conclusions.
@@guywholikesbreathing1263 I'm not assuming how it was acquired. I'm just commenting on the fact that it's MUSEUM quality, and was stated to be SACRED.
@@LadyAdDikt Even so, if it was acquired by legitimate means there isn't much justification for it to be returned to the country of origin
I agree, it's a religious artifact, it shouldn't be sold in auctions, it should be returned to their respective countries and treasured in monasteries.
@@aldenteh9412 Then people who finds artifacts won't make it public, if they know countries would take it from them with no compensation.
Well, they didn’t knw at first but mostly second is…they r part of their family who did take greatest care of all generation, until they let the museum employees to take it with them at the museum to b more careful eye on.
……what? Is that even English?
Good thing they didn't use it as firewood
the eyes look too realistic
it should go back to its origin
Yes , steal it hide it and say it's of no price 😔
Where, when, how was it taken from its original owners?
Rare but just 1 million only😂
the statue should go in india.
Did they just take that statue from the family
No, the family is selling it and it’s being sold at an auction house
Will it go to the British Museum? 🙂🙃
Eh.. I prefer the really fat, smiling Buddha
Now...this French family.....were they Chinese or nah? 🤔
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1 mil more like 10-15 mil some wealthy Chinese people these days would be prepared to pay alot to bring this back to China at a time when patriotic nationalism is on the rise.
Imagine if you knocked the head off this 😂
Nah they should have kept it they’re technically stealing money they could have gotten smh
Stolen
No
They just took it from them😅
I appreciate their love for Asian Art but they should know that must likely before they bought it, it was looted from China. It should be returned
Not necessarily. After the fall of the Qing dynasty thousands if not millions of artifacts were taken out of the country and sold in Hong Kong to westerners due to the weak powers of the short lived republic.
During the Chinese civil war both the communists and the nationalists looted ancient temples, sites, tombs, and artifacts and sold them to fund the war against each other.
Even during the Qing poor peasants were selling off long lost relics to foreigners for a quick buck.
And during the 1950s and 1960s during the cultural Revolution Chinese communists under the order of Mao destroyed thousands of priceless artifacts and antiquities in order to rid themselves of the four olds. Old ideas, customs, habits, culture.
So it’s not guaranteed it’s been looted. It’s likely it was sold during tumultuous times during the 20th century. If the Chinese won’t appreciate them let someone else have it.
@@henrylivingstone2971 jesus christ look at these comments. none of them know proper chinese history. this family was definitely rich enough to afford buying it and it definitely wasn't cheap back in the 1930s either!
Stolen from India 😂😂
nowhere it looks like indian
Chinese Buddhism?? You mean Mahayana
no
That’s it one million
First
Well done kiddo. Your childhood is now complete
Buddha no bless, not auction
Perhaps his ancestors were thieves.
Doesn't it belong to China?
Maybe India.
@@GorillaWithAPhoneIndians dont llok like that
@@GorillaWithAPhone
Definitely not Indian
Not necessarily. After the fall of the Qing dynasty thousands if not millions of artifacts were taken out of the country and sold in Hong Kong to westerners due to the weak powers of the short lived republic.
During the Chinese civil war both the communists and the nationalists looted ancient temples, sites, tombs, and artifacts and sold them to fund the war against each other.
Even during the Qing poor peasants were selling off long lost relics to foreigners for a quick buck.
And during the 1950s and 1960s during the cultural Revolution Chinese communists under the order of Mao destroyed thousands of priceless artifacts and antiquities in order to rid themselves of the four olds. Old ideas, customs, habits, culture.
So it’s not guaranteed it’s been looted. It’s likely it was sold during tumultuous times during the 20th century. If the Chinese won’t appreciate them let someone else have it.
you all got no proof for the grandfather being a thief.
lol yall mad in the comments that they took it from china 🤣🤣 who cares softies
Robbing cultural artifacts is disgusting and claiming it as your own is filthy
@@Yu-hx5jo who cares china pillaged and looted tons of countries just like every other country with power. So much time has passed aint no one missing them
@@Yu-hx5jo wheres your proof that the grandfather robbed it hmm? You found the victims? NO YOU DID NOT.
Never embrace Buddha, for Buddha himself said at the end of his own life “I’m still searching for the truth” However Jesus said “ I AM the Way, the TRUTH and the Life No one comes to the father but by Me” only those who believe In Jesus Christ as their savior can only truly say “resting in peace”
Buddha never said that.😂 but go on, we still love our christian brothers and sisters.
@@hellboundtruck123 Isaiah 44:6
Thus Saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts, " I am the First, and I am the Last, and besides me there is NO God."
@@conqueringlion420
But when did the Buddha say what you attribute to him? If anything it sounds like the Buddha is exhibiting a lot more humility of what you say is true.
The Buddha never claimed to be divine only that the pursuit of enlightenment should be the goal of all people and to live untethered from earthly desires.
@@henrylivingstone2971 Will your stone idol or carved wood idol offer you holy blood to enter Heaven? Gods required payment. Follow the one true living God Jesus Christ and he will offer his holy blood covering those who ask him to be saved before they die and enter judgment, the choice is yours
$1M? Nope.. more like $10M