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LOT 2089
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Arya Tara Figure
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7 3/4 in. (1.2 kg, 19.5 cm).
Modelled in the round in meditating pose with eyes half-closed and a utpala flower to each upper arm, hands raised in a mudra.
Provenance
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 2089
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Arya Tara Figure
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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