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ANTIQUE #SA934973

Masterpiece Museum Javanese Gold Gilded Standing Dewi Tara Statuette. 10th-13th Century.

£1,995    $2,682    €2,305
MASTERPIECE MUSEUM JAVANESE GOLD GILDED STANDING DEWI TARA STATUETTE
 
Central Java, Indonesia
 
circa 10-13th century
 
Offered is an exquisite Javanese fire gold gilt bronze of the goddess dewi tara, majapahit kingdom, dating from the 10th - 13th centuries. The details are incredible and her overall stance is extremely graceful, not stiff or exaggerated, demonstrating the continued influence that the art of southern india had on javanese art. Also note her most beautiful face, graced with a sensuousness and sublimity not always seen in even the best of majapahit sculpture.
 
The deity has been thickly covered with gold with the fine detailing around the head entirely of gold. Wrapping a metal core with gold and then working that gold was a technique used on Java during the period – see a sceptre in The Met in New York for an example.)
 
Gold figures from Java from this period to appear from time to time (here is an example) but rarely are they of this size and quality. Gilded ...
Antique ID: SA934973
Item: Masterpiece Museum Javanese Gold Gilded Standing Dewi Tara Statuette. 10th-13th Century. - (reference SA934973)
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£1,995



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