Period:Unknown Production date:17thC-18thC
Materials:brass, gold (thread), silk,
Technique:cast, gilded, woven, painted,
Subjects:bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 15 centimetres
Description:
A seated brass figure of Tara wearing a textile fringed apron and cloud collar. The clothing is a patchwork of silk brocade enhanced with gold thread and lined with silk. The face is painted gold, and the head-dress blue with ornaments in gold and red.
IMG
Comments:Old gallery label says: ‘A Lama of the Ge-Lu-Pa Sect. 17th century or earlier. Bequethed by Sir Charles Bell, K.C.I.B., C.M.G, 1946.’
Materials:brass, gold (thread), silk,
Technique:cast, gilded, woven, painted,
Subjects:bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 15 centimetres
Description:
A seated brass figure of Tara wearing a textile fringed apron and cloud collar. The clothing is a patchwork of silk brocade enhanced with gold thread and lined with silk. The face is painted gold, and the head-dress blue with ornaments in gold and red.
IMG
Comments:Old gallery label says: ‘A Lama of the Ge-Lu-Pa Sect. 17th century or earlier. Bequethed by Sir Charles Bell, K.C.I.B., C.M.G, 1946.’
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