TIBET, XIXEME SIECLE

Details

STATUE DE SITATARA EN CUIVRE REPOUSSE
TIBET, XIXEME SIECLE
She is seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with both hands making the instruction gesture. Her face displays a serene expression with downcast eyes and her hair coiffed in a chignon; unsealed.
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Rome, prior to 1980.

Further details

A GILT-COPPER EMBOSSED FIGURE OF SITATARA
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The present deity is also known as the White Tara (Tibetan: Sgrol-dkar), who symbolises transcendent knowledge of perfect purity, the supreme protector, healer, liberator, and the guardian of Buddhist traditions.

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