Religious Figure / Sita Tara

1967.43

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Gilt bronze statue of Sita Tara. She has one face and two arms, her right hand is extended in the gesture of generosity with the palm in front and in her left hand she should hold the stem of a lotus flower, but this is missing. A lotus appears in full bloom over her left shoulder and her left hand holds its stem. She has seven eyes, her natural ones, her wisdom eye and eyes in her palm and on the soles of her feet, she sits in the yogic or meditation position and wears the crown and ornaments of the Bodhisattva. Sita Tara grants long-life and protects against illness. She is the female manifestation of the Buddha Amtabha and is the mother of all beings.