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A gilt bronze figure of a White Tara, Tibetan-Chinese, 18th Century.

Estimate
150 000 - 200 000 SEK
14 200 - 19 000 EUR
15 000 - 20 000 USD
Hammer price
130 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A gilt bronze figure of a White Tara, Tibetan-Chinese, 18th Century.

Archaistic style, the Bodhisattva cast seated in vajrasana on a double-lotus pedestal, the right hand in varada mudra and the left in kartari mudra, the face with eyes downcast in a serene expression, wearing a five-point diadem around the high chignon and plaits trailing onto the shoulders flanked by a lotus blossom, adorned with beaded jewellery over the dhoti. Height 17,5 cm.

Some stone missing, some stones/pearls later. Wear. Traces of paint.

Provenance

From the Collection of Tage & Mary Sonning.