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17. WHITE TARA STATUETTE IN GILT BRONZE
Sino-Tibetan, 18th c…
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17. WHITE TARA STATUETTE IN GILT BRONZE
Sino-Tibetan, 18th c…
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
17. WHITE TARA STATUETTE IN GILT BRONZE
Sino-Tibetan, 18th century
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF WHITE TARA
Sino-Tibetan, 18th century
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 20702
Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, her right hand extended in varada mudra, her left in vitarka mudra and holding the stem of a lotus flower blossoming at the shoulder, the palms and soles cast with eyes, the body clad in diaphanous robes with patterned hems and adorned with beaded necklaces and armbands, the ears with heavy earrings, the face with a benevolent expression centered by the third eye, the hair in a tall chignon surmounted by a tiara centering on a small Amitabha image, the hair finely braided and gathered in a tall chignon, the base sealed and incised with a double-vajra.
20.5 cm (8 1/8 in.) high
Provenance:
A German family collection formed in the early decades of the 20th century and thence in the family by descent.
漢藏 十八世紀 鎏金銅白度母坐像
來源
德國家族收藏，於二十世紀初建藏，此後家族傳承
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