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Wed, Jan 11, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 51

Gilt Bronze Tibetan Seated White Tara Figure

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

possibly 18th century, gilt bronze figure of White Tara seated in padmasana on triangular lotus base with hands raised in mudras, 6 x 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 in.

Provenance: Collection of Max Loehr, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Oriental Art, Harvard University, 1960; by descent in family

Note: Accompanied by The Great Painters of China by Max Loehr, Oxford, England: Phaidon Press Limited, 1980. 

Condition

surface dirt and accretion, scattered scratches and areas of verdigris

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Collection of Max Loehr, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Oriental Art, Harvard University, 1960; by descent in family