A NEPALESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SYAMATARA, seated in lalitasana on a lotus, her right foot resting on a separate cast lotus, her right hand in varadamudra, the left in vitarkamudra, both formerly holding the stems of a lotus, flowering along her shoulders, wearing pleated dhoti, many bodhisattva-ornaments partly set with turquoise, scarf with both ends falling over the lotus-base rim, set with turquoise, her face with downcast expression, aquiline nose, smiling lips, high chignon, resealed, 15th Century
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A NEPALESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SYAMATARA, seated in lalitasana on a lotus, her right foot resting on a separate cast lotus, her right hand in varadamudra, the left in vitarkamudra, both formerly holding the stems of a lotus, flowering along her shoulders, wearing pleated dhoti, many bodhisattva-ornaments partly set with turquoise, scarf with both ends falling over the lotus-base rim, set with turquoise, her face with downcast expression, aquiline nose, smiling lips, high chignon, resealed, 15th Century
14.5 cm high (scarf repaired)
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