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Pasho Monastery: Sukhasadhana Tara

CHINA, Tibet, Qamdo; Dated 1736–1795; Copper; H: 19 cm
This female deity is identified with merit and ease " by the Chinese inscription below the lotus base. Tara wears a tall jeweled crown and heavy floral earrings. The bared upper body is draped with a buoyant stole that rises behind the ears then cascades down the arms. She sits on a throne in the royal ease posture. The left hand is lifted and turned inward in vitarka (teaching) mudra

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