A gilt copper figure of Tara
Nepal, 9th century
Standing on a lotus base with her right hand lowered and her left holding the stem of a lotus flower rising to her shoulder, wearing diaphanous and finely delineated robes delicately draped across her chest and secured with a jeweled belt at the waist, the end falling down from her shoulder and flaring to her left side, her face with a serene expression surmounted by a tiara and backed by a halo
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
Details
- Title : A gilt copper figure of Tara
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt - Copper
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 9th century
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 57
- Price realised : USD 3,500
- Estimate : USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
- Provenance : The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
- Literature : Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 203 and 332, cat. no. 261
- Exhibited : On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996