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SINO-TIBETAN, 18TH CENTURY
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A gilt bronze figure of a Tara
Sino-Tibetan, 18th Century
Crisply cast seated in lalitasana on a double lotus base, holding a vase in her right hand and her left hand raised in vitarka mudra, her loose robe arranged in elegant folds and richly adorned with a belt and necklace with beaded strands and pendent jewels, with foliate armlets and bracelets and a lotus stem at her shoulder, her face with a serene expression, her hair pulled back in a topknot surmounted by the head of Amitabha and with a tiara of flaming jewels, the gilding slightly stained by incense, with a two-door miniature cabinet base lacquered red
14.1/8 in. (36 cm.) high (figure)
Sino-Tibetan, 18th Century
Crisply cast seated in lalitasana on a double lotus base, holding a vase in her right hand and her left hand raised in vitarka mudra, her loose robe arranged in elegant folds and richly adorned with a belt and necklace with beaded strands and pendent jewels, with foliate armlets and bracelets and a lotus stem at her shoulder, her face with a serene expression, her hair pulled back in a topknot surmounted by the head of Amitabha and with a tiara of flaming jewels, the gilding slightly stained by incense, with a two-door miniature cabinet base lacquered red
14.1/8 in. (36 cm.) high (figure)