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A TURQUOISE-INSET GILT COPPER- A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MARICHI
ALLOY FIGURE OF SYAMATARA ON A BOAR
Tibet, 14th century 18th/19th century
The ‘green’ incarnation of Tara modelled Seated side-saddle upon a boar, the deity
seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus throne, bearing a clinging dhoti, beaded jewellery
the sinuous body bedecked with hardstone and billowing scarves, their hands in the
inset jewellery, the hands in vitarka and gesture of teaching before their torso, all on
varada mudra and holding the stems of two a domed stand in the shape of rockwork.
lotus flowers rising to the shoulders, the 13cm (5.3in) high
gently smiling face crowned with a tiara.
11.5cm (4 1/2in) high £1,500 - 2,000
HK$16,000 - 21,000
£1,500 - 2,500 CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 26,000
CNY13,000 - 22,000 Provenance: A private Dutch collection,
formed in the 1980s
There are various tales relating to the origin
of Tara, but one of the more common is that 625
she appeared on a lotus flower on a lake A LARGE TURQUOISE-INLAID BRASS
formed by the tears of the Bodhisattva of ALLOY FIGURE OF ELEVEN-HEADED
Compassion, Avalokitesvara. The two wives AVALOKITESHVARA
of the Tibetan king, Srong-Tsan-Sgam-Po, Nepal, 20th century
one a Nepalese princess, the other Chinese, Standing on a lotus plinth, the eight-armed,
were believed to be incarnations of Tara, and eleven-headed Bodhisattva clad in clinging
this gave rise to the two distinct forms: White robes and turquoise-inset jewellery, each of
Tara and Green Tara. the eight hands holding an implement. 62cm
(24 3/4in) high
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000

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