PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION | 歐洲私人收藏
Auction Closed
June 12, 04:08 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
A silver-inlaid gilt-copper figure of Green Tara
Tibet, 13th / 14th century
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 2961.
Height 12 cm, 4¾ in.
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Collection particulière européenne
Statuette de Tara verte en cuivre doré incrusté d'argent, Tibet, XIIIe / XIVe siècle
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歐洲私人收藏
十三 / 十五世紀 藏傳鎏金銅錯銀綠度母坐像
HAR編號2961
Collection George Sheridan (1923-2008), and thence by descent.
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George Sheridan（1923-2008）收藏，此後家族傳承
This finely cast and gilded gem-set image of Green Tara depicts the deity holding the stems of lotus flowers in each hand, seated at ease in lalitasana on a double lotus pedestal; the necklaces, armbands, girdle and robe each inlaid with beaded silver wire. Compare related thirteenth and fourteenth century Tibetan gem-set and silver-inlaid gilt copper sculptures included in Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Hong Kong, 2001, pls 257A and B.
