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清十七
A GILT- BRONZE FIGURE OF WHITE TARA
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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十八世紀
The figure is cast seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with a beaded
rim. Her right hand is lowered in varada mudra and her left raised in vitarka
mudra. She is wearing a diaphanous dhoti, a sash, armlets and a necklace. Her
hands and feet are cast with eyes, and the face has a serene expression. Her hair
is fashioned into a high chignon and inset with a lotus-bed tiara. The base is
鎏金銅白度母坐像 sealed and incised with a double-vajra.
13 in. (33 cm.) high
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000
PROVENANCE
Axel Benzler (1891-1976), Sweden
Acquired from above in Russia in 1920s

來源
Axel Benzler（1891-1976），瑞典
1920 年代於蘇聯自 Axel Benzler 處入藏

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