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A copper alloy figure of White Tara, Tibet, ca. 17th century or earlier | 約十七世紀或更早銅合金白度母坐像

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8,000 - 12,000 EUR

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A copper alloy figure of White Tara

Tibet, ca. 17th century or earlier

the White Tara with right hand extended in varada mudra, her left in vitarka mudra, with lotus flowers blossoming at the shoulders, the face with traces of gold paint, and seated in vajraparyankasana on a double lotus pedestal

Height 11 cm, 4⅜ in.

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Statuette de Tara Blanche en alliage de cuivre, Tibet, vers XVIIe siècle ou antérieur

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約十七世紀或更早銅合金白度母坐像

The finely cast Tibetan bronze is modelled in the eastern Indian Pala period (8th-12th c.) style, with the characteristic stepped lotus base with large pearl beading on the upper and lower rims, typical Pala style jewellery, full and rounded breasts and elegant posture, and the burgeoning vitality of the flower stems at her side, cf. these stylistic elements with a Pala bronze Prajnaparamita or Mahashri Tara catalogued as Tibet, thirteenth or fourteenth century, in Susan L. Huntington and John C. Huntington, Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pāla India (8th-12th centuries) and Its International Legacy, Dayton, 1990, cat. no 151.

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A copper alloy figure of White Tara, Tibet, ca. 17th century or earlier | 約十七世紀或更早 銅合金白度母坐像

A copper alloy figure of White Tara, Tibet, ca. 17th century or earlier | 約十七世紀或更早銅合金白度母坐像