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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF TARA The recently identified sculptural tradition of the Khasa Malla Kingdom
NEPAL, KHASA MALLA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY has sparked great interest among scholars and collectors in the past
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61913 twenty years. This uplifting figure of Tara exhibits a number of the
6 3/4 in. (17 cm) high Khasa Malla’s stylistic features, including her well-defined knuckles,
high slanted eyebrows, and red-painted lotus base at the rear.
$35,000 - 45,000 Compare the close stylistic treatment of her garments and regalia,
including the pleats fanning across the base and large turquoise-inset
尼泊爾 迦舍摩羅王朝 十三/十四世紀 銅鎏金度母像 earrings, with another Khasa Malla Tara in the Ford Collection (Pal,
Desire and Devotion, Baltimore, 2001, p.191, no.107). Compare also
Christie’s, New York, 12 September 2018, lot 348.
Provenance
Private Collection, United Kingdom
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