A rare gilt-bronze figure of White Tara
A rare gilt-bronze figure of White Tara
Beijing or Inner Mongolia, 17th century
Richly gilt and finely cast seated in dhyanasana, her right hand lowered in varada mudra and her left raised in prithvi mudra, both palms and soles depicted with additional eyes, wearing a diaphanous robe falling in rippling pleats, embellished with bejewelled necklace, armlets, bracelets and bangles with a long strand of pearls draping over her breasts and down to her navel, the face with a serene expression centered by the third eye, the hair tied in a tall chignon supporting a jewel atop a lotus flower with locks cascading down her neck and shoulders.
35.3cm (13 7/8in) high (2).
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A rare gilt-bronze figure of White Tara
Beijing or Inner Mongolia, 17th century
Richly gilt and finely cast seated in dhyanasana, her right hand lowered in varada mudra and her left raised in prithvi mudra, both palms and soles depicted with additional eyes, wearing a diaphanous robe falling in rippling pleats, embellished with bejewelled necklace, armlets, bracelets and bangles with a long strand of pearls draping over her breasts and down to her navel, the face with a serene expression centered by the third eye, the hair tied in a tall chignon supporting a jewel atop a lotus flower with locks cascading down her neck and shoulders.
35.3cm (13 7/8in) high (2).