A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA

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03.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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ID 432500
Lot 73 | A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA
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

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