Large Bronze Tara 26.3 cm Tibet/Nepal

Large Bronze Tara 26.3 cm Tibet/NepalLarge and heavy gold gilded bronze seated figure of Tara, wearing an elaborated crown blossoming lotus in her back ground of left hand height 26. 3 cm from 19th 20th century Tibet Nepal. Condition: in a good condition with pigments of gilt, covered with thin and fine patina, minor aging chips and some corrosion under side and nice smooth aging patina over all. ( see images for more details )

with six characters Kanxi mark

The marble has over all smooth yellow patina

Used and hinged-Canceled

sporting heavy jewelry

Highly collectible artifact of ancient Gandhara culture

The stories in which he has the leading role form a cycle which is constant through all antiquity and for this reason it is difficult to give a chronological or even a coherent exposition of them

Some kind of centralized state

double outlined almond shaped eyes with incised pupils and a third eye of wisdom on his forehead

He is clad in an ankle-length dhoti and adorned with various jewelry and flowing sashes

and too many for the language to have been phonetic

Other sites were unearthed as well along the banks of the Indus River

engaged in extensive trading throughout the subcontinent and the Near East