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NEPAL, 13TH-14TH CENTURY 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
The old Newar greeting ‘Taremam’ which alludes to taking refuge in the Buddhist goddess Tara expresses the importance of this savioress to the Vajrayana Buddhists of the Kathmandu Valley from which this sculpture came. Nearly all dedicated practitioners have memorized her praises, as she is constantly propitiated for the removal of obstacles. Moreover, she is the female counterpart of the all-important bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara. Small, portable images of her like the present have, thus, been ubiquitous for centuries. This finely cast example displays the naturalistic physiognomy and precise stone inlay mastered by the Newar artists of the Kathmandu Valley during the early Malla period. For a very similar image of her counterpart, Avalokiteshvara see U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 345, 88G. Similar figures of Tara can be found in U. von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet: Vol. II: Tibet & China, Hong Kong, 2001, p. 971.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24545.