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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SEVEN-EYED TARA NEPAL, 16TH CENTURY image 1

Lot 3038

A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SEVEN-EYED TARA
NEPAL, 16TH CENTURY

Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art

19 March 2018, 15:00 EDT

New York

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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SEVEN-EYED TARA

NEPAL, 16TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61556
8 1/4 in. (21 cm) high

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尼泊爾十六世紀銅鎏金七目度母像

Known for bestowing longevity, White Tara is actively worshipped in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism (second only in popularity to Avalokiteshvara) and is also found in Nyingma and Sarma tantric practices. Her seven eyes (three on her face, and one on each palm of her hands and feet) allow her to see beings in all realms of existence, while her facial expression conveys the utmost compassion for them. Although she shares the same hand mudras as Green Tara, the two deities can be differentiated by their posture, with White Tara seating cross-legged and Green Tara in royal ease.

White Tara's hands, feet, and muscled limbs are beautifully modeled. This charming bronze is thickly cast and richly gilt, with a waisted lotus base consistent with Newari production. Another Tara likely originating from the same workshop, in the Collection of T. Christmas Humphreys Esq. Q.C., was exhibited in The Tibetan Tradition, The Artist Own Gallery, December 1965, and published in Cintamani Kara, Indian Metal Sculpture, London, 1952, p.14, no.10. The volume of the figure, treatment of the face, and heavy beaded jewelry are similar to a 16th-century parcel-gilt silver Ushnishavijaya in Heller, Tibetan Art, p.196, no.105, and another example sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 March, 2016, lot 1 and Christie's, London, 14 May 2013, lot 136.

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Private Collection, Europe

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