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Lot 136

STATUETTE DE TARA EN LAITON
TIBET, VERS XIVE SIÈCLE

15 December 2022, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche

€5,000 - €8,000

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STATUETTE DE TARA EN LAITON

TIBET, VERS XIVE SIÈCLE
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205055
15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.) high

Footnotes

A BRASS FIGURE OF TARA
TIBET, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY

西藏 約十四世紀 度母銅像

This sculpture depicts the goddess Green Tara (Syamatara), who is popularly worshipped in Tibet for her vow to free all devotees of suffering inflicted by the endless cycle of death and rebirth. Testifying to her supreme compassion and agency, she is described in mythological accounts emerging from the tears of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion who also weeps for all sentient beings.

Compare with two images depicting Vairochana and Manjushri, both published in von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol. 2, 2001, pp. 1182-3, nos. 318B & D. Also see an image of Green Tara stylistically dated to the 14th century, sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 March 2016, lot 9.

Provenance:
Blythe Road Auction, London, 2000s

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