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3. Green Tara Tibet Circa 17th Century Gilt bronze Height: 4 ¼” (11cm) |
The graceful figure with a delicately beautiful face beneath a five pointed crown which conceals an unusually high, curved chignon, is seated on a cast and incised lotus base, her right foot pendant and supported by a flowery pedestal, her right hand in the gesture of granting wishes, her left holding the stem of the lotus at her shoulders. Losses to the gilding. Detail: back |