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LOT 1574
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Arya Tara Figure
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 5.8 in. (1.2 kg, 22 cm high).
A hollow-formed gilt-bronze figure of Arya Tara sitting on a lotus-flower dais, holding a sphere in her left hand; inset turquoise and carnelian cabochons.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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LOT 1574
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Arya Tara Figure
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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