A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF GREEN TARA, TIBETO-CHINESE, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF GREEN TARA

TIBETO-CHINESE, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

Height 6 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.)

the deity cast and richly gilt in the posture of royal ease, on a double-lotus beaded base with her pendent right leg supported by a lotus blossom, her right hand extended on her knee in varada mudra, the left hand raised in vitarka mudra and holding the stem of a lotus flower, wearing an ankle length dhoti incised with decorative blossoms and foliate patterns, her body richly adorned with jewelry, her face gazing outward with serene expression, her hair piled in a high chignon and decorated with a foliate crown

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13716.