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RARE STATUE DE SYAMATARA EN BRONZE DORE
RARE STATUE DE SYAMATARA EN BRONZE DORE
RARE STATUE DE SYAMATARA EN BRONZE DORE
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RARE STATUE DE SYAMATARA EN BRONZE DORE

TIBET, CIRCA XVEME SIECLE

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RARE STATUE DE SYAMATARA EN BRONZE DORE
TIBET, CIRCA XVEME SIECLE
Elle est représentée assise en lalitasana sur une base lotiforme. Ses mains en varadamudra et vitarkamudra tiennent des tiges de lotus dont l'extrémité est manquante. Elle est parée de bijoux précieux incrustés. Son visage serein est surmonté d'un haut chignon rehaussé d'une représentation miniature de Bouddha ; traces de dorure à froid.
Hauteur: 23,5 cm. (9 ¼ in.)
Provenance
French private collection in the 1990s.
Important French private collection, acquired from Renaud Montméat Arts d'Asie, Louvre des Antiquaires, 16 January 2006.
Further details
A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SYAMATARA
TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

Syamatara is the 'granter of all wishes' and is the original Tara who gave rise to all the other manifestions known as White Tara (Sitatara), Yellow Tara (Bhrikuti), Blue Tara (Ekajata) and Red Tara (Kurukulla). She is thought to represent the night with her half-opened eyes and half-opened lotus. Syamatara complements her companion, Sitatara (White Tara), who symbolises the day.
This green Tara was possibly cast by Nepalese artists in Tibet.

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