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A COPPER ALLOY SHRINE OF TARA
Northeastern India, Pala period, 11th century
Young and lissome, standing between sinuous
lotus stems that bloom by her ears, she offers the
mudra of wish-granting with a cheerful smile below
Amitabha seated in her headdress and before
the flame tipped mandorla with stupa-rom parasol;
traces of pigment above the glossy metal surface.
10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm) high
$30,000 - 50,000
印度東北部 帕拉時期 十一世紀 度母銅像
Her stepped-and-footed base and solid mandorla,
with foliate nimbus and flame tips, adhere closely
to three inscribed shrines of Buddha, in the Patna
Museum, dated to the 3rd and 19th regnal years of
King Vigrahapala III (1044 and 1060 CE).
(Compare in Ray, Eastern Indian Bronzes,
New Delhi, 1986, figs. 249, 251 & 253.)
Referenced
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/61411
Provenance
Private Collection, acquired in Hong Kong, 1980s

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