A Gilt Bronze Figure of Tara
Nepal, 13th century
Standing on a lotus base with beaded upper rim, her right hand raised in Abhaya mudra and the left curled around the stem of a lotus, dressed in a dhoti incised with floral patterns and flaring out at either side, adorned with a belt, beaded necklaces, and armlets inlaid with hardstones, her face framed by a flaming Torana and crowned with a tripartite tiara
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Details
- Title : A Gilt Bronze Figure of Tara
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt Bronze
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 13th century
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 1384
- Price realised : USD 17,500
- Estimate : USD 15,000 - USD 20,000
- Provenance : Spink and Son, Ltd., London, by 1998
- Literature : Spink, Body, Speech and Mind, 1998, p. 17, fig. 6