ID 432500
Lot 73 | A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
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
| Medium: | Bronze |
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| Auction house category: | Statuettes |
| Medium: | Bronze |
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| Auction house category: | Statuettes |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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