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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Collections: Important Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  17 Jul 2019 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  33
• Lot Description:
  A Gilt Bronze Figure of Green Tara, Tibet, 14th/15th Century
  seated in "lalitasana" on a double lotus base with beaded edges, the right foot resting on a lotus flower rising from the base, the right hand lowered in "varadamudra" and the left raised in "vitarkamudra", sprays of "uptala" lotus stems rising from the elbows, wearing a "dhoti" tied with a sash, and further adorned with beaded jewellery, the face with lowered gaze and benevolent smile, framed by a pair of pendulous earlobes with ornate earrings and a five-leaf tiara enclosing a high chignon, box
  15.3 cm high
• Provenance:
  New York Asian Art Fair, March 2004; Mossgreen, Melbourne, 16 November 2015, lot 44; Private Collection, Sydney
• Notes:
  Compare with a figure of Tara dated to the 14th/15th century, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in "The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Buddhist Statues of Tibet", Hong Kong, 1995, p. 170, pl. 162
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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