06-25-201006-26-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2512Boston
June 25, 2010 03:00 PMCalender
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Gilt-bronze Figure of Tara

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$3,437$2,900
Auction: Asian Works Of Art - 2512Location: BostonDate / Time: June 25, 2010 3:00PM

Description:

Gilt-bronze Figure of Tara, Sino-Tibetan, finely cast, seated in lalitasana on a stepped pedestal, her right hand in varada mudra and holding a stem issuing padma rising above her right shoulder, wearing close-fitting dhoti with scroll borders and ornamented with beaded festoons, her conical coiffure secured by a five-leaf crown, base plate intact, ht. 9 1/4 in.


Estimate $200-300

Loss to the gilt