PF1317

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Lot 226
  • 226

Tête de Tara en bronze doré Tibet, XIIIE siècle

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gilt-bronze
richement parée de bijoux et d'un diadème incrusté de pierres, le visage serein en méditation, le front agrémenté de l'urna au dessus d'un nez aquilin, traces de pigments rouges sur les lèvres souriantes (2)

Condition

Overall wear to the gilding ; some inlaids may have been replaced ; a small 0.5cm hole to the back of the head and the top of the ushnisha has been taken from the figure.
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