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TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Tara
Tibet, 16th century
Richly gilt overall, seated in lalitasana with her pendant right foot resting on a lotus rising from the double-lotus base with beaded rims, her lower body clad in a closely fitting dhoti gathered at the ankles and secured with a belt at the waist, a shawl with incised design across her chest and shoulders, the hands forming varada and vitarkamudra, her face serene and crowned with a foliate tiara, flanked by lotus blossoms on either side
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high
Tibet, 16th century
Richly gilt overall, seated in lalitasana with her pendant right foot resting on a lotus rising from the double-lotus base with beaded rims, her lower body clad in a closely fitting dhoti gathered at the ankles and secured with a belt at the waist, a shawl with incised design across her chest and shoulders, the hands forming varada and vitarkamudra, her face serene and crowned with a foliate tiara, flanked by lotus blossoms on either side
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Ghigo Collection, London, acquired in London, 1974-78