A NEPALESE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF TARA

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A NEPALESE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF TARA
18TH CENTURY

Seated in padmasana with the hands held in vitarkamudra and both supporting lotus stems which rise to each shoulder, wearing a sheer dhoti, arm and wrist braclets, a necklace and chest pectoral, each inset with turquoise, coral and other stones, the face with a serene expression below a high tiara further inset with various stones, the figure seated on a single lotus base, the figure made up in sections
20in. (51cm.) high