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The Karen Beagle Collection

Starting with her first gallery just off Portobello Road in Notting Hill, Karen Beagle harboured a passion for art from across Asia, in particular Buddhist art from India, Nepal, Tibet and China. This, over the years, became her field of expertise and the core of her profession.

Karen always had the idea for an exhibition on incomplete beauty. In her house on a hill overlooking the sea on Peng Chau island, objects of such ‘imperfection’ abounded: a broken hand, the remaining ankle of a stone sculpture, a fragment of painted cloth, a brittle piece of a manuscript.

In an era where most are tirelessly seeking perfection, it seemed like Karen went against the tide. But she was a woman of strong conviction. Over time, she put together an impressive collection of antique fragments, each broken but complete in its essence and style.

This online exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Karen Beagle, to her vision of presenting such an exhibition, which did not have a chance to materialise before she bode farewell.

I strove with none, for none was worth my strife,

Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art;

I warmd both hands before the fire of Life,

It sinks; and I am ready to depart.

— Walter Salvage Landor

Karen Frances Beagle was born on 17 February 1960 in Patna, India, and passed away in 2021 in London.

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Terms of Sales
Lower Torso
Khmer
12th Century
Sandstone
15 cm (5.9 in)
USD 8,000.00 
SOLD
Torso of Brahma (?)
Northern India
Ca. 12th Century
Stone
44 x 22 x 10 cm (17.3 x 8.7 x 3.9 in)
USD 10,000.00 
SOLD
Buddha's hand
Ancient region of Gandhara
Ca. 2nd-3rd century
Stone
14.5 cm (5.7 in)
USD 2,000.00 
SOLD
Goddess
Eastern India
Ca. 10th century
Bronze
26 cm (10 in)
USD 15,000.00 
SOLD
Rampant Vyala
Central India
8th-9th century
Mottled red sandstone
42 x 25 x 15 cm (16.5 x 9.8 x 5.9 in)
USD 6,000.00 
SOLD
Sakyamuni Buddha
West Tibet
Ca. 15th century
Distemper on cloth
117 x 68 cm (46 x 26.8 in)
USD 12,000.00 
SOLD
Mahakala
Tibet
Ca. 15th century
Distemper on cloth
56 x 54 cm ( 22 x 21.2 in)
USD 5,000.00 
SOLD
Palm Leaf Page
Eastern India, Pala period
Ca. 12th century
Pigments on palm leaf
5 x 30 cm (2 x 11.8 in)
USD 3,000.00 
SOLD
Manuscript Page
West Tibet
Ca. 13th century
Pigments on paper
20 x 68 cm (7.8 x 26.7 in)
USD 10,000.00 
SOLD
Crown Leaf (Ratnasambhava)
Tibet
Ca. 13th century
Distemper on cloth
24 x 11 cm (9.4 x 4.3 in)
USD 4,000.00 
SOLD
Amitayus (?)
West Tibet
Ca. 13th century
Distemper on cloth
55 x 50 cm (21.6 x 19.6 in)
USD 2,000.00 
SOLD
Standing Bodhisattva
West Tibet
Ca. 15th century
Distemper on cloth
73 x 22 cm (28.7 x 8.6 in)
USD 5,000.00 
SOLD
Shadakshari
West Tibet
Ca. 14th century
Distemper on cloth
58 x 51 cm (23 x 20 in)
USD 12,000.00 
SOLD
Vajravarahi
West Tibet
Ca. 13th century
Distemper on cloth
40 x 32.5 cm (15.7 x 12.7 in)
USD 12,000.00 
SOLD
Amitayus
West Tibet
Ca. 13th-14th century
Distemper on cloth
39 x 29 cm (15.3 x 11.4 in)
USD 10,000.00 
SOLD
Buddha Head
Central Asia
Ca. 9th century
Distemper on silk
34 cm (13.3 in)
USD 12,000.00 
SOLD
11-Headed Avalokiteshvara
West Tibet
Ca. 15th century
Distemper on cloth
78 x 59 cm (30.7 x 23.2 in)
USD 6,000.00 
SOLD
Confronting Ducks
Sogdian
Ca. 7th-8th century
Silk
12 x 34 cm (4.7 x 13.3 in)
USD 10,000.00 
SOLD
Fragment with Sadakshari, Green Tara, Manjusri and Vajrasattva
Tibet
13th century
Distemper on cloth
18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in)
USD 4,000.00 
SOLD
Fragment of a manuscript page with Manjushri
West Tibet
13th century
Distemper on cloth
17 x 32 cm (6.7 x 12.5 in)
USD 2,000.00 
SOLD