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TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF GREEN TARA
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with her right hand in varadamudra and her left raised in vitarkamudra, both shoulders flanked by blossoming lotuses, dressed in an ankle-length striated dhoti incised with minute beading, adorned with various jewelry all inset with hardstones, the face with bow-shaped mouth and downcast eyes centered by a raised urna, backed by a double aureole
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with her right hand in varadamudra and her left raised in vitarkamudra, both shoulders flanked by blossoming lotuses, dressed in an ankle-length striated dhoti incised with minute beading, adorned with various jewelry all inset with hardstones, the face with bow-shaped mouth and downcast eyes centered by a raised urna, backed by a double aureole
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired between 1962 and 1985
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24061