21st Sep, 2024 10:00

Auction 21

 
  Lot 14
 
Lot 14 - STANDING NEPALESE GILT COPPER REPOUSSE TARA 19TH CENTURY

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STANDING NEPALESE GILT COPPER REPOUSSE TARA 19TH CENTURY

Dimensions: Height 115 cm ; Wide 39 cm ; Depth 15 cm

Weight: 10.200 grams

The figure exquisitely cast standing in gentle Tribhanga on a lotus base over a stepped openwork plinth, her hands held in Varada and Vitarka mudras, wearing a long dhoti incised with lotus scrolls and secured with a belt and pendant sashes, multiple necklaces, bracelets and earrings, her face with serene expression and surmounted by a crown with a scalloped nimbus, all surrounded by an elaborate foliate Mandorla.

Extensively turquoises in the crown, necklace and belt.

Sold for €7,680