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NEPAL, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt copper repoussé figure of Tara
Nepal, 17th/18th century
Seated with one leg folded, wearing a long dhoti with incised borders secured by a jeweled belt, sash and multiple necklaces, the face with elongated eyes and the hair pulled into a high chignon with locks fanning out on both sides
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
Nepal, 17th/18th century
Seated with one leg folded, wearing a long dhoti with incised borders secured by a jeweled belt, sash and multiple necklaces, the face with elongated eyes and the hair pulled into a high chignon with locks fanning out on both sides
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1983
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 205 and 333, cat. no. 269
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1983