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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF SIR EDWIN A.G. MANTON
A large GILT COPPER FIGURE OF TARA
NEPAL, 14TH CENTURY
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A large GILT COPPER FIGURE OF TARA
Nepal, 14th Century
Finely cast seated in lalitasana on a double lotus base, her left hand raised in vitarka mudra and her right lowered in varadha mudra, wearing a diaphanous dhoti incised with cloud scrolls, beaded necklaces, armlets and foliate tiara inset with turquoise and coral, base plate with incised vajra
15½in. (39.3cm.) high
Nepal, 14th Century
Finely cast seated in lalitasana on a double lotus base, her left hand raised in vitarka mudra and her right lowered in varadha mudra, wearing a diaphanous dhoti incised with cloud scrolls, beaded necklaces, armlets and foliate tiara inset with turquoise and coral, base plate with incised vajra
15½in. (39.3cm.) high
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