WOOD STEEL REPRESENTING TWO TARA NEPAL, XV-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
The stele composed of Vishvatara in the center, seated in Lalitasana , his left hand in Vitarkamudra holding a lotus, the missing right, wearing a sari , adorned with jewels including two loops of circular ears, the face with almond-shaped eyes surmounted by a diadem, flanked on its left by a green Tara, framed by two pillars, one surmounted by a kinnari ; base
Length: 62 cm. (24½ in.)
Details
- Title : STEEL IN WOOD REPRESENTING TWO TARA
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Wood
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 15TH / 16TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 298
- Post Lot Text : A WOOD STEEL OF TWO TARAS NEPAL, 15TH / 16TH CENTURY
- Price realized : EUR 8,460
- Estimate : EUR 5,000 - EUR 6,000