California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 July 17, 2021  July 17, 2021

 Lot # 8246 
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED TARA    明 銅綠度母坐像


  • Dimension: Height: 5 2/8 in (13.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $3000
  • Estimate To: $6000

Seated in lalitasana on a shaped double-lotus base, her right hand lowered in varada mudra and the left in the gesture of teaching, wearing beaded necklaces inlaid with hard stones, a foliate tiara, bracelets and armlets, richly gilt overall, the base sealed.


度母實爲觀世音菩薩之化身,有二十一種化現,而綠度母則爲所有度母之主尊,總攝其余 二十尊化身之所有功德,能救八種苦難,故又稱爲「救八難度母」。 本像發髻高盤,頭戴五葉花冠,雙耳垂肩,飾大耳珰。面相方正,眉間飾白毫,雙目低垂, 嘴角略向上翹,透露出菩薩悲天憫人之義。上身袒露,腰部微扭,雙乳微微隆起,腰腹細軟, 呈現女性柔美婀娜之姿。胸前飾多組珠串式璎珞,裝飾繁缛精美。左手當胸撚盛開蓮花之莖, 右手結與願印,下身著長裙,安坐雙層束腰型蓮花座上,左腿橫盤,右腿前伸,右足踏于蓮座伸出的蓮花之上。“大明永樂年施”款識。整體比例勻稱,體態曼妙,衣紋流暢自然,爲 明代宮廷造像的典範之作。