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TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ THREE-HEADED AND EIGHT-ARMED FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA
TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The goddess modelled seated on a waisted double lotus base in dhyanasana, her main pair of hands in dharmacakra mudra, 'the turning of the Wheel of the Law', the other hands held in vitarka mudra, wearing an elaborate necklace, bejewelled bangles, and a long sash crossing at the chest, the hair tied back into a high double knot with some falling lossely over the shoulders, each face depicted with a third eye on the forehead and flanked by long pendulous ears, minor losses and dents
16½ in. (42 cm.) high
TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The goddess modelled seated on a waisted double lotus base in dhyanasana, her main pair of hands in dharmacakra mudra, 'the turning of the Wheel of the Law', the other hands held in vitarka mudra, wearing an elaborate necklace, bejewelled bangles, and a long sash crossing at the chest, the hair tied back into a high double knot with some falling lossely over the shoulders, each face depicted with a third eye on the forehead and flanked by long pendulous ears, minor losses and dents
16½ in. (42 cm.) high
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