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Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Works of Art

899
INDIA, PALA DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY
AN INSCRIBED BLACK BASALT SEATED TARA

47.5 cm (18 3/4 in.) high


Provenance:
A Milanese private collection, Italy
Victor Eskenazi (1906-1987), Milan, acquired in the early 1980s
H.P. Poddar collection, Calcutta, India
Literature:
Claudine Bautze-Picon, The Forgotten Place: Stone Images from Kurkihar, Bihar, India, 2014, p.471, cat.no.193
Atlas of Maritime Buddhism, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2021, no.234
Exhibited:
Indra and Harry Banga Gallery, City University of Hong Kong, Atlas of Maritime Buddhism, Hong Kong, 7 July to 3 October 2021

Price estimate:
HKD: 380,000-420,000
USD: 48,700-53,800

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