Green Tara Statue – Filigree Work on Lotus Base, Nepalese Art (12")

Green Tara is regarded as a fully enlightened female Buddha and a protector from the eight fears. She is one of the central figures of Himalayan iconography.

The statue depicts Tara seated in lalit asana on a lotus base. Her right hand rests on her knee in the gesture of generosity, varada mudra, the palm turned slightly outward. The left hand forms the vitarka mudra, the gesture of teaching, while holding the stem of the utpala lotus. Two fully opened lotus blossoms rise beside her shoulders, a characteristic feature of Green Tara’s iconography. She wears the crown and full ornaments of a bodhisattva.

The robe and lotus base are decorated with fine filigree. Spiral and curved elements are formed from thin wires, filled with small arched segments, and arranged into floral motifs. Colored stones provide accents within the ornamentation. 

The statue follows the image traditions of Vajrayana art in the Kathmandu Valley, in which ritual identity, gesture, and ornament are brought together into a carefully balanced iconographic unity.

Green Tara

Statue made of copper, traditional lost-wax casting, decorated with fine, gold- and silver-plated, accentuated with colored stones. The figure is patinated. The face is set in gold. Handcrafted in Nepal.

• Height: 12" / 33 cm
• Width: 8" / 22 cm
• Depth: 6" / 17 cm
• Weight: 3260 g
  

NOTE
The facial painting is a cold gold application and water-soluble.