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A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF
TARA
KASHMIR, 10TH-11TH CENTURY
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus base over a rectangular
plinth, the right hand extended in varadamudra and the
left holding the stem of a lotus which is blossoming at her
shoulder, the face with silver-inlaid eyes surmounted by a
foliate tiara, all backed by a conjoined aureole and flaming
nimbus
3¬ in. (9.2 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Kapoor Galleries, New York, 29 September 1984.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
Compare the unusual double necklaces with the lower
chain resting heavily atop and cascading between the
breasts of the current figure; the beaded and flaming
aureole; the low girdle; and the unadorned bangles and
anklets with another tenth-century Kashmiri bronze
figure of Tara from the Pan-Asian Collection, illustrated
by U. von Schroeder in Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong
Kong, 1981, p. 129, cat. no. 21E.
喀什米爾 十/十一世紀 銅嵌銀度母坐像
來源:
Kapoor Galleries，紐約，1984年9月29日。
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
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