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LOT 2211
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Arya Tara Figure
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/4 in. (1.34 kg, 21 cm high).
Modelled in the round in meditating pose with eyes half-closed and a utpala flower to each upper arm; D-shaped lotus flower dais, hollow with panel to the underside.
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-2000s.
From a Japanese collection of Buddhist art.
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