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PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION 十四至十五世紀 西藏鎏金銅綠度母坐像
A FINELY CAST GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
GREEN TARA
TIBET, 14TH – 15TH CENTURY
cast seated in lalitasana on a double lotus base, the right
hand lowered in varadamudra and the left arm raised in
vitarkamudra, with a spray of uptala lotus rising from the
left elbow, cloaked in a dhoti chased with foliate scrolls and
geometric motifs, further embellished with beaded jewellery,
the face with a benevolent expression, crowned with a tiara in
front of the high chignon
10.3 cm, 4 in.
HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,500-38,300
This exquisite small gilt-bronze figure of Tara demonstrates
the influences of Newari artisans on Tibetan sculpture of
the period. For a closely related but larger gilt-bronze figure
of Tara from the Qing court collection and still in Beijing, is
illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum. Buddhist Statues of Tibet, Hong Kong, 1995,
p. 170, pl. 162, dated to 14th/15th century like the current
Tara. Clearly prized by the Qianlong Emperor, a special zitan
shrine was created for it, and inscribed in Chinese, Tibetan,
Manchu and Mongolian with a lengthy inscription dated to
1753.

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