拍品專文
This sculpture is striking for its full rounded forms and unusual ovoid base with crisply carved ornamentation. It is carved from a porous buff volcanic stone, andesite.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A volcanic stone figure of Tara
EASTERN JAVA, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
細節
A volcanic stone figure of Tara
Eastern Java, circa 13th Century
The goddess seated on a cushion backed by a mandorlaa, clad in a diaphanous dhoti secured with a foliate belt, her fleshy curves accentuated with multiple necklaces, armlets, and earrings, the face delicately carved in a peaceful expression, the hair pulled up into an elaborate chignon secured with a foliate tiara
25½ in. (65 cm.) high
Eastern Java, circa 13th Century
The goddess seated on a cushion backed by a mandorlaa, clad in a diaphanous dhoti secured with a foliate belt, her fleshy curves accentuated with multiple necklaces, armlets, and earrings, the face delicately carved in a peaceful expression, the hair pulled up into an elaborate chignon secured with a foliate tiara
25½ in. (65 cm.) high
來源
Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977
Pons Collection, Spain
Pons Collection, Spain
出版
P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals, 1977, cat. no. 118.