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A Gilt Copper Alloy Figure of Tara, Mongolia or Tibet, 18th/19th Century

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September 20, 05:33 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 USD

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A Gilt Copper Alloy Figure of Tara 

Mongolia or Tibet, 18th/19th Century


Height 8⅛ in. (20.6 cm)


the goddess Tara seated on a double lotus base in lalitasana framed in a detailed torana, her right hand touches her knee in varada mudra and the other is raised in vitarka mudra, holding a lotus stem, clothed in an elegant dhoti and wearing abundant jewelry adorned with semi-precious stones, her delicate face framed by a bejeweled crown, a single lotus sits on the back of her head with her hair organized in three sections, painted a rich cobalt blue


Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13781.

Collection of William Thweatt (1921-2008), Nepal, from c. 1959 to 1963.
Collection of Herbert S. and Eleanor E. Ullmann, Kathmandu, 1963, thence by descent.