A Polychromed Wood Figure of Tara
Nepal, 17th/18th Century
Seated in Lalitasana wearing a foliate crown flanked by lotus blooms, the details deeply carved and with polychrome; base inscribed in Newari on reverse
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high
Details
- Title : A Polychromed Wood Figure of Tara
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Polychromed Wood
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 17th/18th Century
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 179
- Pre-Lot Text : PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN ESTATE
- Price realised : USD 7,800
- Estimate : USD 4,000 - USD 6,000
- Provenance : Collection of Prince and Princess Aschwin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, acquired in 1958.
- Literature : S. Kramrisch, The Art of Nepal, New York, 1964, p. 23, cat. no. 64. A. Headington, 'Private World of a Prince: Oriental flair in a Paris apartment,' Connoisseur, July 1988, p. 51, illustrated.
- Exhibited : New York, Asia House Gallery, The Art of Nepal, 1964, no. 64.