Asian Art I - 16th May 2017
Lot 63
A RARE NEPALESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA 12TH CENTURY OR POSSIBLY LATER Standing in tribhanga
Estimate £20,000 - £30,000
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Description
A RARE NEPALESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA
12TH CENTURY OR POSSIBLY LATER
Standing in tribhanga, with a lotus flower at her shoulder, wearing an elaborate headdress set with three red beads and with her right hand extended, her body is draped in a diaphanous dothi, all raised on a double lotus base, 13.5cm.
Provenance: purchased in Holland in 1987.