Bihar or Bengal, depicting a bodhisattva, probably Tara or Prajnaparamita, seated in padmasana with hands in varada mudra atop lotus base, framed by flaming arch and elevated on tiered base with bracket feet, 7-1/4 x 3 x 2-1/2 in.
Provenance: The Collection of William S. Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia; sold to benefit Tinwood Foundation
Note: Exhibited and illustrated in Beyond India: An Exhibition of Works of Art from Southeast Asia in the William and Robert Arnett Collection, The High Museum of Art, 1974, no. 104. The High Museum attributes this figure to circa 10th-11th century.
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The Collection of William S. Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia; sold to benefit Tinwood Foundation
patinated surface with minimal traces of earlier gilding, some spots of verdigris, surface dirt, break and loss to fingers at proper left hand
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