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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ANIMAL-HEADED ATTENDANT
NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Seated in lalitasana over a blanket atop a double-lotus base with her left Standing with one foot raised in dance, holding a kapala in is left hand
hand in vitarkamudra and her right hand in varadamudra, both shoulders and a vajra in his right, an animal skin wrapped around his waist and a
fanked by blossoming lotuses, dressed in a dhoti incised with a human skin around his shoulders, adorned in beaded jewelry, his face
patterned band and adorned with various jewelry inset with hardstones, with wide open eyes and long snout accentuated by an open smiling
the face with gentle smile and downcast eyes centered by a raised urna mouth, two horns atop his head centered by a vajra in front of faming
and surmounted by a foliate tiara, the hair in a conical chignon hair with polychromy remaining
4ƒ in. (11 cm.) high 5√ in. (15 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000 $10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired between 1962 and 1985 The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired by 4 March 1973
PUBLISHED: PUBLISHED:
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24034 Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24035
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