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MONGOLIA, ZANABAZAR SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Tara
Mongolia, Zanabazar School, 18th century
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base, her fitted dhoti with incised borders spilling over the front, wearing beaded jewelry and a foliate tiara secured by ribbons flowing over her shoulders, her hands in varada and vitarka mudra holding two lotus flowers rising up to flank her shoulders, the base sealed and incised with a gilt double-vajra
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Mongolia, Zanabazar School, 18th century
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base, her fitted dhoti with incised borders spilling over the front, wearing beaded jewelry and a foliate tiara secured by ribbons flowing over her shoulders, her hands in varada and vitarka mudra holding two lotus flowers rising up to flank her shoulders, the base sealed and incised with a gilt double-vajra
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s