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TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Nagaraji
Tibet, 18th Century
The deity seated sideways on a makara over a scrolling cloud base, holding a snake aloft in her arms, wearing a simple dhoti with incised borders and a sash billowing behind her head, adorned with multiple necklaces and other jewelry, the face with a serene expression and the hair piled into a high chignon and secured with a foliate tiara, the beast with bearded face, long snout, horns and a scrolling tail
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high
Tibet, 18th Century
The deity seated sideways on a makara over a scrolling cloud base, holding a snake aloft in her arms, wearing a simple dhoti with incised borders and a sash billowing behind her head, adorned with multiple necklaces and other jewelry, the face with a serene expression and the hair piled into a high chignon and secured with a foliate tiara, the beast with bearded face, long snout, horns and a scrolling tail
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired between 1985-1995
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