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Lot 57a

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A TARA

Estimated Value:

900 € - 1.200 €

Description:

Tibet, ca. 14th c.
H. 8,5 cm
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with her right foot supported by a smaller lotus issued from the main base, her principle hands in varadamudra and holding bow and arrow, her upper hands with sword and manuscript, wearing sari, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, her hair combed in a low chignon and secured with a tiara, resealed.
From a South German private collection, collected before 2007 - Wear, slightly chipped