A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF WHITE TARA

This carefully carved soapstone image of White Tara is among very few published examples of soapstone Buddhist figures. Her narrow waist, beaded jewelry, and ribbon-tied foliate crown are of a seventeenth-century style, as evidenced by similarities to lot 661 of this sale.

Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no. 24454.