Sale 19039
New York
|
24 September 2020
Terms and Conditions
Price realised
USD 22,500
Estimate
A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF TARA NEPAL, 15TH-16TH CENTURY Standing in a graceful tribhanga pose with the right arm extended and the left held before the chest, both hands held in vitarkamudra, clad in a dhoti incised with a foliate pattern and adorned with various necklaces, the face with serene expression, the hair piled in a tall chignon 24 ½ in. (62.4 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired prior to 1990.
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