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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF GREEN TARA
NEPAL, EARLY MALLA PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.4534
9 in. (23 cm) high
$500,000 - 700,000
尼泊爾 馬拉王朝早期 十三世紀 銅鎏金綠度母像
Published:
Hilary Roberts (ed.), The Great Heritage: Himalayan Art through the Eyes of Art Dealers Chino
Roncoroni and Iwona Tenzing, San Francisco, 2020, no.324.
Provenance:
David Tremayne Ltd, London, 1984
Michael Henss Collection, Zurich, since 1984
From the collection of Michael Henss, the esteemed Himalayan art scholar, connoisseur, and
collector, this elegant representation of Tara is a unique masterpiece from the Early Malla period
(1200-1482), the unquestionable zenith of the Nepalese sculptural tradition. Few can rival the
breathtaking quality and sensitivity of this extraordinary bronze.
“Homage to you, Tara, whose face is like
One hundred full autumn moons gathered together,
Blazing with the expanding light
Of a thousand stars assembled.”
—Excerpt from the “Praises to the Twenty-One Taras” prayer.
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