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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION
A gilt bronze figure of Tara
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Tara
Tibet, 15th Century
Finely cast seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with beaded rims, wearing beaded necklaces and armlets inset with turquoise, holding a lotus stem in her raised left hand and a further stem issuing from the base to her right, her face with a benign expression surmounted by a festooned tiara and remains of cold gold, base sealed with a gilt copper plate
6 in. (15.2 cm) high
Tibet, 15th Century
Finely cast seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with beaded rims, wearing beaded necklaces and armlets inset with turquoise, holding a lotus stem in her raised left hand and a further stem issuing from the base to her right, her face with a benign expression surmounted by a festooned tiara and remains of cold gold, base sealed with a gilt copper plate
6 in. (15.2 cm) high
Provenance
European Collection, acquired in the 1980s