细节
A Gilt Bronze Figure of Tara
Tibeto-Chinese, Yongle Mark and Period (1403-25)
Very finely cast seated in 'Royal Ease' on a double lotus base with beaded rim, her foot supported by a separate cushion issuing from the base, her hands in varada and vitarka mudras holding two lotus stalks rising to her shoulders, wearing a long flowing dhoti with neatly gathered folds at her feet, a double stranded girdle with festooned pendants, elaborate beaded necklaces, bracelets, armlets, and anklets, her face slightly tilted in a benign expression with finely detailed foliate tiara and disk-shaped earrings, her hair gathered in a high chignon crowned by a floral hair ornament, with loose strands falling over her shoulders, incised with a six-character Yongle mark in front of the base, base sealed
7½ in. (19 cm.) high