Description

DESCRIPTION OF SCULPTURE

Heigh 155 cms

In 1978, the inhabitants in Binh Dinh commune, Thang Binh district, Quang Nam province, while 1 in the fields, happened to find a bronze goddess statue nearly15m high buried near the relic of Dong Dong. The statue shows the goddess standing upright, both hands putting forward. The right hand holds the lotus flower, the left hand holds the shell (both are broken).
The entire upper body is exposed with full chest and three-gap neck. The outfit is a dress (sarong) with longitudinal lines, tightening its body and reaching to the feet. The square face, the large, curved and intersecting eyebrows, big nose, thick lips share the similarity with the stone statues in Dong Duong style. The goddess’s hair is tied up in a bun reminiscing the image of Amitabha Buddha.

Based on the stylish features and symbolic lotus flower on hand as well as the image of Amitabha on hair, many researchers soon associated the statue to Laskmindra Lokeshvara cited in the epitaph found in Dong Duong.

The name Tara is recommended by researcher Jean Boisselier five years after the masterpiece was discovered yet researchers still have known about that name. This artefact is regarded as the most important bronze Bodhisattva statue not only of Champa culture but also the religious art of South East Asia.

The statue has been recognized as a National Treasure in the first proposal in 2012.

This statue is made of sandstone material.The sculpture is based on the archetype found in the artifact.The color of the sandstone is a little different from the original but the statue shows it vividly. Champa culture.
One of the most recognizable of the Oriental deities this representation of Buddha is sure to enlighten your home with endlessly timeless style.

The monolithic natural sandstone material vividly represents the traditional dance of the 9th century champa people in Vietnam.

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