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A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF THE GREEN TARA Characterised by a gentle and expressive gesture of charity and
Tibet, 16th century reassurance and skilfully rendered features, such as the elegant
The deity expertly cast seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base, clinging dhoti and ornate jewellery, the sensuous deity is imbued with
the left foot resting on a lotus bloom issuing from the base, the left lightness and delicacy.Tara is one of the most widely worshipped
hand raised in vitarka mudra, the face with a serene expression and deities of Buddhism. In her Green form, one of the twenty existing
crowned with a five-leaf tiara atop neatly tied back hair, two lotus stalks forms of the deity, she is the saviour and liberator from samsara,
flanking her arms and extending upwards to the shoulders, the figure the earthly realm of birth and rebirth, alleviating the suffering of all
elaborately adorned with beaded jewellery. sentient beings and assisting the devotees in their quest to attain
21cm (8 1/4in) high. enlightenment. A related gilt-bronze figure of Tara, 16th/17th century,
was sold at Christie’s New York, 13 September 2011, lot 306.
£30,000 - 40,000 109
CNY270,000 - 360,000
西藏 十六世紀 銅鎏金多羅菩薩坐像

Provenance: a French private collection

來源： 法國私人收藏

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