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TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A gilt bronze figure of Tara
Tibet, 17th/18th Century
Seated in lalitasana on the back of her lion mount wearing a loosely fitting dhoti with billowing sash, holding a waterpot in her left hand and a vajra in her upraised right hand, her hair arranged in a topknot surmounted by a leaf-shaped cintamani, her elaborate diadem and jewelry inlaid with turquoise, the lion mount bears a saddle blanket with foliate-incised border, with traces of blue and green polychrome remaining
9 in. (23 cm.) high
Tibet, 17th/18th Century
Seated in lalitasana on the back of her lion mount wearing a loosely fitting dhoti with billowing sash, holding a waterpot in her left hand and a vajra in her upraised right hand, her hair arranged in a topknot surmounted by a leaf-shaped cintamani, her elaborate diadem and jewelry inlaid with turquoise, the lion mount bears a saddle blanket with foliate-incised border, with traces of blue and green polychrome remaining
9 in. (23 cm.) high