Green Tara Statue – Buddhist Figure with Filigree

Green Tara carved from crystal. The statue is worked in filigree, silver- and gold-plated, and set with colored stones. Green Tara is revered as a fully enlightened female Buddha and as a protector from the eight dangers. She embodies active compassion and swift, responsive action. In Tibet she is known as Jetsun Dolma.

Green Tara is seated in lalit asana, the slightly open posture with the left leg folded and the right leg extended forward. Her right hand rests in the gesture of generosity, varada mudra, while the left hand shows the gesture of teaching, vitarka mudra. Two lotus blossoms carved from blue stone are positioned beside her shoulders.

The face and upper body are carved from crystal and set into the metal figure. Her robe is worked in filigree. Thin wire is bent into spirals, filled with small arched elements, and joined in an ornamental pattern. Colored stones are set within the filigree as floral accents. The statue is worked all around and suitable for freestanding presentation.

The statue follows iconographic conventions of Vajrayana art in the Kathmandu Valley, in which posture, gesture, and ornament are brought together in a balanced composition.

Green Tara

statue from copper, traditional lost-wax cast, decorated with filigree, gold- and silver-plated, face and body carved from crystal. Hair painted blue. The figure is patinated. Handcrafted in Nepal.

• Height: 6" / 16.5 cm
• Width: 5.2" / 13.2 cm
• Depth: 4.3" / 11 cm
• Weight: 957 g