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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A gilt bronze support
TIBET, DENSATIL, 15TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze support
Tibet, Densatil, 15th Century
Modeled as the four-armed Avalokiteshvara and Tara standing addorsed on a kalasa base over a stepped plinth, their upper arms raised top support a waisted capital, wearing long flowing dhotis and richly adorned with beaded jewelry and foliate tiaras, the jewelry inset with hardstones and turquoise, the capital inscribed with the 2nd Tibetan letter kha
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high
Tibet, Densatil, 15th Century
Modeled as the four-armed Avalokiteshvara and Tara standing addorsed on a kalasa base over a stepped plinth, their upper arms raised top support a waisted capital, wearing long flowing dhotis and richly adorned with beaded jewelry and foliate tiaras, the jewelry inset with hardstones and turquoise, the capital inscribed with the 2nd Tibetan letter kha
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high
Provenance
Japanese Collection 1980s