STATUETTE DE TARA EN LAITON TIBET, VERS XIVE SIÈCLESTATUETTE DE TARA EN LAITONTIBET, VERS XIVE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 205055 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.) highA BRASS FIGURE OF TARATIBET, 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