Antique Authentic Ushnisha Green Tara Tibet / Northern India / Nepal Mahayana Buddhism Early Buddhism This sculpture has a strong Indic aesthetic and a finely modeled face. The proportionally large head with a tall hair knot, urna, large simple hoop earrings, dark metal patina, and subtle sense of motion suggest it is an early sculpture from Tibet / Northern India / Nepal. This is a true ancient Ushnisha Green Tara. Statues available from China showing Green Tara with elaborate crowns are Tourist Trinkets. True antique Taras MUST be with Ushnisha. Buddha and others were simple early representations depicted this. Never with an elaborate crown. Only later statues, when all true meaning of Buddhism was lost, are crowns showing up. Brass Bronze Size: 21" tall Weight: 25 lbs We are charging a flat $200 for shipping insurance for full value. Green Tara One of the most beloved deities in Himalayan and Inner Asian Buddhist traditions, Tara, known as the “saviouress,” is often appealed to through the recitation of her invocation (mantra), known to lay and religious persons alike. Ushnisha The ushnisha - topknot - is the true way for the Green Tara. "His topknot is like a crown." The first representations of the Buddha in the 1st century CE in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara represent him with a topknot. The plastic art of early Mahayana Buddhism in Mathura presents bodhisattvas in a form called u????in "wearing a turban/hair binding". Mah?y?na (Sanskrit for "great vehicle") is one of two main existing branches of Buddhism and a term for classification of Buddhist philosophies and practice. The Buddhist tradition of Vajrayana is sometimes classified as a part of Mahayana Buddhism, but some scholars may consider it as a different branch altogether. According to the teachings of Mah?y?na traditions, "Mah?y?na" also refers to the path of the Bodhisattva seeking complete enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings, also called "Bodhisattvay?na", or the "Bodhisattva Vehicle". A bodhisattva who has accomplished this goal is called a samyaksa?buddha, or "fully enlightened Buddha". A samyaksa?buddha can establish the Dharma and lead disciples to enlightenment. Mahayana Buddhists teach that enlightenment can be attained in a single lifetime, and this can be accomplished even by a layperson. In the course of its history, Mah?y?na Buddhism spread from India to various other South, East and Southeast Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Mahayana Buddhism also spread to other South and Southeast Asian countries, such as Afghanistan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, the Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Iran and other Central Asian countries before being replaced by Theravada Buddhism or other religions.