A Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Green Tara, possibly 15th century, seated in 'lalitasana', the right hand lowered to the right knee in 'varadamudra', the right hand holding a stem of lotus, Green Tara is known as the Buddha of Enlightened Activity, and she is a female Bodhisattva in a Mahayana Buddhism, and a female Buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism, 10 cm high. Provenance: A Melbourne private collection