25th Nov, 2023 12:00
Islamic, Indian and Asian Art
4
A Bronze Figure of White Tara
Tibet, 15th century
Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, her left hand raised in vitarka mudra and her right lowered in varada mudra, each holding the stem of a lotus, wearing a flowing dhoti and beaded jewelry, her face with a third eye, the base sealed and incised with a dedicatory inscription to the back.
17.8 cm. (7 in.) high
Acquired in New York, September 1985, by Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim.
Christie's New York, 23 March 2010 | LIVE AUCTION 2300, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, Lot 248.
Jameson J. Wood Asian Art Collection.
Tibet, 15th century
Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, her left hand raised in vitarka mudra and her right lowered in varada mudra, each holding the stem of a lotus, wearing a flowing dhoti and beaded jewelry, her face with a third eye, the base sealed and incised with a dedicatory inscription to the back.
17.8 cm. (7 in.) high
Acquired in New York, September 1985, by Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim.
Christie's New York, 23 March 2010 | LIVE AUCTION 2300, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, Lot 248.
Jameson J. Wood Asian Art Collection.
Auction: Islamic, Indian and Asian Art, 25th Nov, 2023
Our upcoming sale of Islamic, Indian & Southeast Asian Art will present an array of objects created over the course of 20 centuries in the middle east, Asia, the Himalayas, and India. Included in the auction are sculptures in bronze and stone, such as an impressive 10th-century sandstone head of Shiva from Uttar Pradesh, India, gilt bronze Buddhas, Indian furniture, miniature paintings and jewellery.
