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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE BRONZE FIGURE OF GREEN TARA, NEPAL, CIRCA 1900
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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE BRONZE FIGURE OF GREEN TARA, NEPAL, CIRCA 1900
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Seated in lalitasana on a separately cast double lotus pedestal with a finely beaded rim, her right foot resting on a lotus blossom, her right hand held in varada mudra and the left raised in vitarka mudra, each holding the stem of a flower which blossoms to the shoulders, wearing a finely incised, voluminous dhoti fastened at the waist by a beaded girdle. Her elaborate crown, necklaces, arm, and ankle bands are finely inlaid with precious stones.

The goddess is richly adorned in fine jewelry inlaid with turquoise and coral including a foliate crown framing the forehead, securing her high chignon with its conch-form finial, the elaborate necklaces falling elegantly down the contours of her bare chest. Her cold-painted serene face with downcast eyes, full lips forming a calm smile, and slender brows, all centered by an urna, and flanked by ears with large, pendulous earrings.

Provenance: The Kienzle Family Collection, Stuttgart, Germany. Acquired between 1950 and 1985 by siblings Else (1912-2006), Reinhold (1917-2008), and Dr. Horst Kienzle (1924-2019), during their extensive travels in Asia. Subsequently inherited by Dr. Horst Kienzle and bequeathed to the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Radevormwald, Germany. Released through museum deaccession in 2024. The Kienzle siblings were avid travelers and passionate collectors of Asian and Islamic art. During their travels, the Kienzle’s sought out and explored temples, monasteries, and markets, always trying to find the best pieces wherever they went, investing large sums of money and forging lasting relationships to ensure they could acquire them. Their fervor and success in this pursuit is not only demonstrated by their collection but further recorded in correspondences between Horst Kienzle and several noted dignitaries, businesses and individuals in Nepal and Ladakh. Their collection had gained renown by the 1970s, but the Kienzle’s stopped acquiring new pieces around 1985. Almost thirty years later, the collection was moved to the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Radevormwald, opened by Peter Hardt in 2014. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter Hardt and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Condition: Very good condition with expected old wear and casting irregularities. Minor pitting to the base. Some rubbing to gilt. Losses to inlays. The bronze with areas of malachite encrustations.

Dimensions: Height 95 cm

Green Tara, also known as Shyamatara, is venerated as a savior and liberator from samsara, the earthly realm of birth and rebirth. According to Buddhist mythology, Green Tara emerged from a lotus bud rising from a lake of the tears of Avalokiteshvara, shed for the suffering of all sentient beings. She embodies compassion in a dynamic form, hence the usual depiction of the goddess with right leg outstretched, ready to leap out to ease suffering. Her right hand is always held out in varada mudra, a gesture of compassion and charity.

Literature comparison:
Compare an earlier, related brass figure of Syama-Tara with a similar cold-painted face, Tibet, dated circa 15th century, 46.6 cm high, in the Bri gung mthil (Drigung Thil) monastery, Tibet, illustrated by Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol. 2, 2001, p. 1205 pl. 329D.

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