Dimensions: Height 13,1 cm ; Wide 9,3 cm ; Depth 7,5 cm

Weight: 425,1 grams

Superbly cast, seated in lalitasana on a double lotus pedestal with a finely beaded rim, her right foot resting on a lotus blossom, her right hand lowered in varada mudra and her left raised in vitarka mudra, holding a lotus stem in each coming to full bloom at her shoulders, wearing a dhoti with exquisitely carved folds gathered at the feet and fastened at the waist by a beaded girdle. Her elaborate crown, necklaces, arm, and ankle bands are finely inlaid with precious stones.

Green Tara, also known as Shyamatara, is venerated as a saviour and liberator from samsara, the earthly realm of birth and rebirth. According to Buddhist mythology, Green Tara emerged from a lotus bud rising from a lake of the tears of Avalokiteshvara, shed for the suffering of all sentient beings. She embodies compassion in a dynamic form, hence the usual depiction of the goddess with right leg outstretched, ready to leap out to ease suffering. Her right hand is always held out in varada mudra, a gesture of compassion and charity, and the left hand in vitarka mudra, a gesture of teaching.