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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The figure is shown seated in lalitasana with hands held in vitarkamudra, each holding the ends of a lotus stem that extends up the arms to flank the shoulders. The figure is dressed in an elegantly draped dhoti secured with a beaded, festoon-hung sash, beaded necklaces, armlets, large circular earrings and the hair is upswept into a top knot below an elaborate eight point-tiara, centred with a seated figure of Amitabha.
7 in. (18 cm.) high
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The figure is shown seated in lalitasana with hands held in vitarkamudra, each holding the ends of a lotus stem that extends up the arms to flank the shoulders. The figure is dressed in an elegantly draped dhoti secured with a beaded, festoon-hung sash, beaded necklaces, armlets, large circular earrings and the hair is upswept into a top knot below an elaborate eight point-tiara, centred with a seated figure of Amitabha.
7 in. (18 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Germany before 1989
Brought to you by
Kate Hunt
Director, Head of Department