Lot Essay
The inscription on the base is a dedication reading "Homage to the holy Aryatara, may you benefit myself and all other donors of this sculpture."
.jpg?w=1)
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A bronze figure of Tara
TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Tara
Tibet, 14th century
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base, holding a lotus in her left hand, wearing a diaphanous dhoti with floral and cloud motifs and secured at the waist with a jeweled belt, a sash traversing her torso and adorned with multiple necklaces and bracelets, the gentle face with a benevolant expression, eyes inlaid with copper and silver, the hair piled high, topped with a finial and secured with a foliate tiara, flanked on both sides with lotuses, the base with an inscription, sealed and incised with a double-vajra
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Tibet, 14th century
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base, holding a lotus in her left hand, wearing a diaphanous dhoti with floral and cloud motifs and secured at the waist with a jeweled belt, a sash traversing her torso and adorned with multiple necklaces and bracelets, the gentle face with a benevolant expression, eyes inlaid with copper and silver, the hair piled high, topped with a finial and secured with a foliate tiara, flanked on both sides with lotuses, the base with an inscription, sealed and incised with a double-vajra
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Provenance
In the collection of Edwin Noel August, Baron Plowden of Plowden, G.B.E, K.C.B. (1907-2001), Martels Manor, Great Dunmow, Essex, and by descent to present owners.
If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.