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18TH/19TH CENTURY
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Three Tibetan bronzes depicting Tara, Yamantaka and Tsong.kha.pa
18th/19th century
The first depicting Syamatara, seated on a lotus, her right hand in varadamudra, the left in vitarkamudra, wearing sari, bejewelled, her face with serene expression, elaborate hairdress, sealed; the second depicting the thirty-six armed Yamantaka, sealed and the third the seated Tsong.kha.pa, re-sealed
16, 11 and 10 cm (3)
18th/19th century
The first depicting Syamatara, seated on a lotus, her right hand in varadamudra, the left in vitarkamudra, wearing sari, bejewelled, her face with serene expression, elaborate hairdress, sealed; the second depicting the thirty-six armed Yamantaka, sealed and the third the seated Tsong.kha.pa, re-sealed
16, 11 and 10 cm (3)
Provenance
Syamatara: Mrs. Meylin, Buenos Aires 1978
Yamantaka: Auctionhouse Posadas, Bullrich, Gaona, Guerrico 1981, lot 389
Tsong.kha.pa: Beijing Palace, 1958
Yamantaka: Auctionhouse Posadas, Bullrich, Gaona, Guerrico 1981, lot 389
Tsong.kha.pa: Beijing Palace, 1958
Exhibited
Museo Nacional de Arte Oriental, Arte del Himalaya, Buenos Aires 1980 for both Syamatara and Tsong.kha.pa
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