Green Tara Statue – Buddhist Figure with Filigree (12")
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Created in the workshop of Shanta Shakya in Patan, Nepal. One of a kind.
Green Tara is regarded as a fully enlightened female Buddha figure and as a protector against the eight fears. She is one of the central figures in Himalayan iconography.
The statue depicts Tara in lalit asana on a lotus pedestal. Her right hand rests on her knee in the gesture of generosity, varada mudra, with the palm turned slightly outward. Her left hand forms the vitarka mudra, the gesture of teaching, while simultaneously holding the stem of the utpala, or lotus. Two fully bloomed lotus blossoms are positioned beside her shoulders, a characteristic feature of Green Tara’s iconography. She wears the crown and full adornments of a bodhisattva.
Her robe and lotus pedestal are worked with filigree. Spiral elements are formed from thin wires, filled with small arched segments, and arranged into floral motifs. Colored stones add accents to the ornamentation.
The statue follows the pictorial traditions of Vajrayana art in the Kathmandu Valley, in which ritual identity, gesture, and ornamentation are brought together into a 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 face painting is a cold gold application and water-soluble.
Manufacturer information
This work was created in the tradition of Buddhist art of the Kathmandu Valley.
Manufacturer: P.B. Craft (Shanta Shakya)
Address: Nagbahal 408, Lalitpur, Nepal
Importer / Responsible Person in the EU: Yala Craft UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Address: Jülicher Str. 72, 40477 Düsseldorf, Germany
Contact: hallo@yala-craft.com
Country of Origin: Nepal