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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The figure is shown seated in lalitasana with hands held in vitarkamudra, each holding the ends of a lotus
stem that extends up the arms to flank the shoulders. The figure is dressed in an elegantly draped dhoti
secured with a beaded, festoon-hung sash, beaded necklaces, armlets, large circular earrings and the hair
is upswept into a top knot below an elaborate eight point-tiara, centred with a seated figure of Amitabha.
7 in. (18 cm.) high
£10,000-15,000 US$13,000-19,000
€11,000-16,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Germany before 1989
重要歐洲私人珍藏
明十六世紀 鎏金銅度母坐像
來源:
於1989年前購自德國
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