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A Fine Gilt Bronze Figure of Tara
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
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A Fine Gilt Bronze Figure of Tara
Tibet, 15th Century
Exquisitely cast seated in lalitasana ('Royal Ease') on a double-lotus base with her pendent right leg supported by a separate lotus issuing from the base, her right hand lowered touching her knee in varada mudra, her left hand raised in vitarka mudra and holding a lotus stem, a further lotus issuing from the base at her right, wearing a long flowing garment finely incised with floral patterns and secured with beaded festoons at the waist, richly adorned with necklaces, armlets, and a tiara all inset with turquoise, her face gently lowered in a benign expression, the base with turquoise inlay at rim, sealed and gilt
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
Tibet, 15th Century
Exquisitely cast seated in lalitasana ('Royal Ease') on a double-lotus base with her pendent right leg supported by a separate lotus issuing from the base, her right hand lowered touching her knee in varada mudra, her left hand raised in vitarka mudra and holding a lotus stem, a further lotus issuing from the base at her right, wearing a long flowing garment finely incised with floral patterns and secured with beaded festoons at the waist, richly adorned with necklaces, armlets, and a tiara all inset with turquoise, her face gently lowered in a benign expression, the base with turquoise inlay at rim, sealed and gilt
7½ in. (19 cm.) high