From £25 to £15,500 – the boot fair bronze
A 16th century Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of the Buddhist deity Green Tara sold to an international bidder for £15,500 at Bellmans in Wisborough Green – a coup for the vendor who had paid just £25 for it at a car boot fair.
The female Bodhisattva seated in lalitasana with here right foot resting on a lotus flower issuing f…