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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SARASWATI A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF GREEN TARA
NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
The goddess of music and the arts seated in lalitasana over a lotus base Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with her right hand in
holding an instrument in her lower hands, her upper hands raised and varadamudra and her left raised in vitarkamudra, both shoulders fanked
holding a mala and a book, wearing beaded necklaces and a tiara by blossoming lotuses, dressed in an ankle-length striated dhoti incised
4ƒ in. (11 cm.) high with minute beading, adorned with various jewelry all inset with
hardstones, the face with bow-shaped mouth and downcast eyes
$6,000-8,000 centered by a raised urna, backed by a double aureole
4Ω in. (11.5 cm.) high
PROVENANCE:
$12,000-18,000
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired by 4 March 1973
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired between 1962 and 1985
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24064
PUBLISHED:
Saraswati, “the one with the lovely voice,” is the goddess of music,
literature, poetry and wisdom. She is a part of the trinity of Saraswati, Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24061
Lakshmi and Parvati. All the three forms help the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu
and Shiva to create, maintain and regenerate the universe, respectively.
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