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LOT 2080
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Arya Tara Figure
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 5/8 in. (1.29 kg, 22 cm high).
Hollow-formed, sitting cross-legged flanked by uptala flowers, hands held in the mudra of instruction; black pigment to the hair and inset ruby-coloured gemstones to the headdress.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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