A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF TARA Nepal, 16th / 17th Century
Height: 22 1/4 in. (54 cm)
Details
- Title : A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF TARA Nepal, 16th / 17th Century
- Year : 16th / 17th Century
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt Copper Repousse
- Dimension : Height: 22 1/4 in. (54 cm)
- Accession No : LOT 203
- Country/ Geo-location : NEPAL
- Collection : Sotheby’s
- Acquisition Method : PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SALT LAKE CITY COLLECTION
- Status : SOLD AT: INDIAN, HIMALAYAN & SOUTHEAST ASIAN WORKS OF ART INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART 15 MARCH 2017 | 10:00 AM EDT NEW YORK
- ESTIMATE : 8,000 — 12,000 USD
- LOT SOLD : 32,500 USD
- PROVENANCE : Acquired privately, Rosalind Ebert, New York, 1985. *Previously acquired from Albert Rudolph (1928-1973), by repute.
- CATALOGUE NOTE : Compare the current work to gilt copper repoussé Tara now in the Musée Guimet, see J. van Alphen, Cast for Eternity, Antwerp, 2004, p. 133, cat. no. 40. Also compare the earring type of the current work with a repoussé Sitatara in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, published in U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 381, pl. 102G.