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A SILVER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF TARA A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SYAMATARA
SWAT VALLEY, 7TH/8TH CENTURY KHASA MALLA, 14TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61644 Himalayan Art Resources item no.61630
7 cm (2 3/4 in.) high 13 cm (5 in.) high

HK$65,000 - 85,000 HK$80,000 - 120,000

斯瓦特河谷 七/八世紀 銅錯銀度母坐像 迦舍摩羅 十四世紀 銅鎏金綠度母像

In the 5th and 6th centuries, Swat Valley served as an important haven One of her most popular forms, Syamatara (Green Tara) is considered
for Buddhism after Hun invasions curtailed the religion throughout beneficial for all activities, where others have specific functions.
much of Gandhara. Its bronzes provide some of the earliest sculptural She is depicted smiling whilst seated in ‘royal ease’. The head of
depictions of Tara. Compare this bronze’s treatment of her face, Amitabha appears on top of her chignon as the Presiding Buddha of
hair, and drapery to another example from the same period in the the Lotus Family to which she and Avalokiteshvara belong. The rice
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology (EA1997.200). grain patterns on her dhoti are often seen on Khasa Malla sculptures
(cf. Denwood and Singer Tibetan Art: Towards a Definition of Style,
Provenance London, 1997, p.79, no.59).
Collection of Jack Zimmerman, New York, 1960s/70s
Provenance
Alan Darer, London, mid 1970s

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