Vintage Nepalese Copper Gilt Bronze Green Tara Buddha Statue, 18" high, see photo.
Imported from Nepal. Green Tara is known as the Remover of Obstacles and the goddess of generosity. Condition: very, very good, in fact totally perfect! Also very heavy!
Green Tara’s left foot is resting on a large lotus and she is seated in the pose of royal ease, with her right leg coming forward as if getting ready to come to help you. This is the significance of this pose. Her mother White Tara sits cross legged.
Her two hands gracefully hold two blooming lotuses, symbols of purity and divine birth. This large statue has great charm and is in excellent condition.
Green Tara promotes growth, solves practical problems and protects our everyday world. She is particularly associated with conservation and protection of the planet, often resonnating with gardening women or those that find solace in the natural world. She is incarnate in all good women, crowned and adorned with flora and fauna of earth's harvest.
Tara's name means One Who Saves. She holds a very prominent position in Tibet and Nepal.
Whatever your beliefs, I can promise you this is an impressive statue and would adorn any therapists practice room, hotel lobby, or believers home.
My son will hate me telling you this as he is now 18. When he was between 1 and 5, he used to cry a lot at night. We put the statue in the windowsill of his room. He stopped crying immediately and for many nights had a good night. The day we took the statue out, he cried all night again. I struggled with this having anything to do with the statue, but sure enough, it was uncanny how it's presence would have a calming effect on him. It stayed in his room until he was 10, I think he grew quite fond of it, at which point I was asked to remove it to the lounge :-)
Please don't confuse this one with the little 6" or 8" models you see on Ebay for £100 or £200 + postage, this is an impressive statue and you will not be disappointed.
Item location: Cheddar, Somerset. Please email or phone for directions and to arrange viewing through the Friday-Ad platform. I may entertain reasonable offers. Thank.
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